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English (EN)A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the ...
Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques
Metonomy (unlike metaphor) uses figurative expressions that are closely associated with the subject in terms of place, time or background. The figurative expression is not a physical part of the ...
Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques
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