See Also: synecdoche(dictionary)

synecdoche (iou)



synecdoche noun. LME.
[Latin from Greek sunekdokhe, from sunekdekhesthai lit. 'take with something else', from sun- SYN- + ekdekhesthai take, take up.]
Grammar & Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which a more inclusive term is used for a less inclusive one or vice versa, as a whole for a part or a part for a whole.