Synecdochic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of synecdochical.
"Hence "public rites," "the rites of the Roman people," those rites conducted by magistrates, were performed on behalf of the citizen body as a whole, and, as a corollary, all citizens as individuals were understood to assent to those rites and, by synecdochic representation, to participate in them."
- 1 using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it wordnet
Example
More examples"Hence "public rites," "the rites of the Roman people," those rites conducted by magistrates, were performed on behalf of the citizen body as a whole, and, as a corollary, all citizens as individuals were understood to assent to those rites and, by synecdochic representation, to participate in them."
Etymology
From synecdoche + -ic.
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