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Word | Metonymic |
French Meaning | métonymique, métonimie (utilisation d'un mot qui est en relation avec un autre mot et représente cet autre mot ) |
using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works / Alt. of Metonymical, | |
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Synonyms | metonymical, figurative, metaphorical, figural, metaphoric, nonliteral, allegorical, allusive, analogic, analogous, emblematic, metonymous, non-literal, parabolic, referential, symbolic, tropological, |
Antonyms | literal, |
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