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Word of the Day: Synecdoche

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noun 1. A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in "Cleveland won by six runs" ("Cleveland" meaning "Cleveland's baseball team").
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Late Middle English, 1350s
Why This Word?
"Synecdoche" appeared in Late Middle English, but it comes to us via Latin from the Greek word "sunekdokhē" — a combination of the words "sun" ("together") and "ekdekhesthai" ("to take up"). It's a figure of speech in which a part (perhaps a nickname) represents a whole (a more formal name), or a whole (referring to a larger body in general) represents a part (an individual). ...
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