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What is the definition metonymy?
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What is the definition metonymy?

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Metonymy is a form of figurative language in which a word is replaced by something very close to the original meaning.


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the substitution of the name of an attribute
or a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to be the name of something closely associated with that thing / concept
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