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What (who) is metonymy$503421$ - definition
Metaphor and metonymy
FORMS OF HUMAN DISCOURSE AND COGNITION
Metaphore and metonymy; Condensation and displacement
Metaphor (drawing a similarity between two things) and metonymy (drawing a [between two things) are two fundamental opposite poles along which a discourse with human language] is developed. It has been argued that the two poles of similarity and contiguity are fundamental ones along which the human mind is structured; in the study of human language the two poles have been called [[metaphor and metonymy, while in the study of the unconscious they have been called condensation and displacement.
Metonymic
![[[Fleet Street]] (where most British national newspapers previously operated) is used as a metonym for the British press](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Londres - Fleet Street.JPG?width=200 "[[Fleet Street]] (where most British national newspapers previously operated) is used as a metonym for the British press")
FIGURE OF SPEECH WHERE A THING OR CONCEPT IS REFERRED TO INDIRECTLY BY THE NAME OF SOMETHING CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH IT
Denominatio; Metonym; Metonomy; Metonymic; Metonymies; Metonimia; Meytonomy; Metonymically; Metonyms; Metonymic occupational name
·adj ·Alt. of Metonymical.
Metonymy
FIGURE OF SPEECH WHERE A THING OR CONCEPT IS REFERRED TO INDIRECTLY BY THE NAME OF SOMETHING CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH IT
Denominatio; Metonym; Metonomy; Metonymic; Metonymies; Metonimia; Meytonomy; Metonymically; Metonyms; Metonymic occupational name
·noun A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
