metonymy
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The Rhetoricians call this an Hypallage, because one word is substituted for another: but the Grammarians call it a Metonymy, because the words are shifted and interchanged.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
Metonymy calls one thing by the name of another which is closely related to the first.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
Metonymy and Synecdoche are nearly related and in this poem the examples are numerous.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
The occasional increase of force produced by Metonymy may be similarly accounted for.
From The Philosophy of Style by Spencer, Herbert
A Metonymy is a reversion, or the use of a noun to express that with which it is intimately connected, instead of using the term which would literally express the idea.
From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester
Vocabulary lists containing metonymy
Poetry: Literary Devices
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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