Definition:
“the act of referring to something by the name of something else that is closely connected with it”
"Metonymy." Oxford Learner's Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2022. Oxford English Dictionary Online, www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/metonymy. Accessed 6 Sept. 2022.
Informal Definition:
Metonymy is to substitute another term that is closely related to the thing or idea.
Example: “Using the White House for the U.S. President”
"Metonymy." Oxford Learner's Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2022. Oxford English Dictionary Online, www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/metonymy. Accessed 6 Sept. 2022.
Etymology:
“1560s, from French métonymie and directly from Late Latin metonymia, from Greek metōnymia, literally "change of name," related to metonomazein "to call by a new name; to take a new name," from meta "change" + onyma, dialectal form of onoma "name.”
Harper, Douglas, editor. "Metonymy (n.)." Online Etymology Dictionary, 20 Dec. 2020, www.etymonline.com/word/metonymy. Accessed 6 Sept. 2022.
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