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synecdoche
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Noun
countable
rhetoric
uncountable
Japanese Meaning
提喩：修辞技法の一つで、部分をもって全体を表現する、または全体で部分を表現する表現方法
（ plural ）
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(rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part. / (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.
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synecdoche
The columnist explained that when a captain shouted 'All hands on deck,' the use of 'hands' as a synecdoche made the order mean every sailor.
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The columnist explained that when a captain shouted 'All hands on deck,' the use of 'hands' as a synecdoche made the order mean every sailor.
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