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The correct spelling is metonymy.
How to pronounce metonymy
noun
Say it like: Met-ony-mee
The correct spelling is metonymy. The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
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Definition
noun
- 1.The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
- 2.A metonym.
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