Word of the Week – May 15, 2021

Synecdoche

Noun

Late Middle English, 1350s

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Example: My full name is Jorge Lazaro Alejandro De La Garza, but I often go by the synecdoche of “Chief Writing Wolf”.

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