synecdoche
Example Sentences
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To many Americans, Alabama is a synecdoche for the worst of Southern reaction.
From Seattle Times
They function as shorthand, as synecdoche, as a way for us to find each other.
From New York Times
Also: “Chinese is synecdoche for Asians the way Kleenex is for tissues.”
From The Guardian
Who would have thought that "edgy" would become synecdoche for "reactionary edgelord," or that a comic of a green frog-man with odd bathroom habits would become a symbol of a nascent ur-fascism?
From Salon
Through it all, Bonnaffons offers a worthy critique of the synecdoche of young adulthood, where sex sometimes stands in for love and clumsy attempts to throw parties are the height of community-building.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
