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title: "Metonymy"
description: "Metonymy is applying the name of an object to another object that is in some way connected with the ..."
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published: "2013-02-14T02:13:13+00:00"
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# Metonymy

> Metonymy is applying the name of an object to another object that is in some way connected with the ...

** Metonymy** is applying the name of an object to another object that is in some way connected with the first.

For example: The gallery applauded.

- We imply the people in the gallery, NOT the building of it. (Yu. M. Skrebnev)

![Metonymy](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/SusJq4e0R5u6865m4wS4L2nblIu1I6.jpg)

Metonymy has some subtypes of it. We learned about *synecdoche *and* antonomasia.*

** Synecdoche** is the use name of a part to denote the whole or vice versa.

![Metonymy](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/J34xw13l8gMV1u39wE6wtPu6ALyfaL.jpg)

**Antonomasia **is a substitution of any epithet or phrase for a proper name.(http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/373130)

![Metonymy](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/ailiss/GGeUA1grq6oZR3Mmc4d93NHOOIH0MD.jpg)

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/metonymy-322491](https://yvision.kz/post/metonymy-322491)