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synecdoche

n. (இலக்.) ஆகுபெயர், சினையாகு பெயர், முதலாகு பெயர்.


Syn*ec"do*che, n. Etym: [L. synecdoche, Gr. (Rhet.) Defn: A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bain.


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