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Synecdochical

Synecdochical \Syn`ec*doch"ic*al\, a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another.
--Drayton.

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synecdochical

a. Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge).

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synecdochical

adj. using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech" [syn: synecdochic]

Usage examples of "synecdochical".

I had heard innumerable modern versions in which some synecdochical representative of the U.