Synecdoche

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Synecdoche (pronounced /s n kd ki/ si-NEK-d -kee; from Greek synekdoche ( ), meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which: a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (Pars pro toto), or a term denoting a thing (a "whole") is used to refer to part of it (Totum pro parte), or a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class, or a term denoting a general class of thing is used to refer to a smaller, more specific class (Bindo pro parte), or a term denoting a material is used to refer to an object composed of that material.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Synecdoche (pronounced /s 'n kd ki/ si-NEK-d -kee; from Greek synekdoche (s e d ), meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which: a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing (Pars pro toto), or a term denoting a thing (a "whole") is used to refer to part of it (Totum pro parte), or a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class, or * a term denoting a general class of thing is used to refer to a smaller, more specific class (Bindo pro parte), or a term denoting a material is used to refer to an object composed of that material.