The term was in provincial use as a metonym.
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Metonym
/ˈmɛ.tə.nɪm/
Synonyms for "metonym" (25 found)
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figurative reference
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2 entriesinstitutional metonymplace name metonym
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5 entriesfigurative languageinstitutional metonymmetonymic referencemetonymy deviceplace name metonym
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Calling a government a "city hall" is using a metonym.
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...to say that "New York was thrown into a state of great excitement," when we mean the inhabitants of New York, is technically to use the metonym of putting "the container for the thing contained."
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She not only outlines the devastating effects of seferberlik but also highlights the changing meaning of this term - as it acquired a civilian dimension in its Arabic rendition (safar barlik) - and its potency as a metonym for the war as a whole.
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