metonymically
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- adverb
- /məˈtɪnɪkli/
- Literature
- The phrase "the White House" is metonymically used to refer to the U.S. president and their administration.
- metonymically represented
- metonymically linked
- metonymically present
Examples
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Furthermore, the menorah metonymically conjures up the presence of the Temple itself.
Academic text (1992) -
The word 'decks' metonymically represents "ships." "Crew" is adopted instead of "sailors."
Academic text (2006) -
Works of art metonymically, like links on a chain, express the lost presence.
Academic text (2002) -
The clothing metonymically represented for the child not just the world of adults.
Academic text (1995) -
But more importantly, in their monumental embodiments, they stand for cultural traditions and practices, both literally and metonymically.
Fiction book (1993) -
The topologies of the self are not only expressed metonymically or dialectically in the tension between center and margin but also through spatial metaphors.
Academic text (2009) -
The square wall connects Gradgrind metonymically with the business/industry, no-nonsense aspect of Coketown.
Academic text (2005) -
In literature, an author may use a character's home metonymically to represent their social status.
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The word "Crown" is often used metonymically to refer to the monarchy and its power.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word metonymically comes from the Greek parts meta- meaning 'beyond' and -onym meaning 'name', the same -onym you see in synonym. So, to use a word metonymically is like giving a thing a different 'name' that is closely connected to it, which is why the word means using one word to stand for something related, as when 'the crown' stands for the monarchy.