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metonymia
metonymia
Dutch
Noun
metonymia f (plural metonymia's, diminutive metonymiaatje n)
- (literature) A metaphor by which an inclusive term stands for something included, or vice versa; a metaphor in which a part is spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge).