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Noun Concept
Categories: Narrative techniques, Articles with short description, Figures of speech, Metonymy, Semantics
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metonymy  Denominatio  Metonimia  Metonomy  metonymic
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Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') WordNet 3.0
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Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Wikipedia
Figure of speech where a thing or concept is referred to indirectly by the name of something closely associated with it Wikidata
The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object. Wiktionary
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