synecdochical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, relating to, or exhibiting synecdoche.
Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using the term for a part or component to mean the whole (as "hand" for "laborer") or vice versa (as "the court" for "the judge").
Of a whole: representing its components; of a part representing the whole.

/ˌsɪnəkˈdoʊkɪkəl/

synecdochical more synecdochical most synecdochical

From synecdoche + -ical.

synecdochal synecdochic

synecdochally

synecdochically

French: synecdochique German: synekdochisch

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