synecdoche
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The pen is a classic synecdoche, standing in for Paxton’s entire lifetime of sleazy behavior.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The near-perfect overlay of the religious image with a political image is a visual synecdoche for the Revolution’s replacement of Christianity with the cults of Nature and Reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
In Darlington’s Devon neighborhood, the synecdoche for global habitat destruction is the arrival of a sign in a soon-to-be-former farm field: “Site Acquired for Development.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2023
Baseball is practically a synecdoche for summer—the season of shared, relaxing stillness in the sun.
From Slate ● May 22, 2020
Or the artist, proceeding by synecdoche, takes a part for the whole, and instead of portraying the entire animal, contents himself with one prominent feature or one aspect of it.
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Daniel Garrison Brinton
Their fame has not eclipsed other injustices in Russia but highlighted them, in the tradition of opposition movements strategically promoting charismatic individuals, from Nelson Mandela to Ai Wei Wei, as synecdoches for an entire cause.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2012
Vocabulary lists containing synecdoche
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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