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metonymy

figure of speech where a thing or concept is referred to indirectly by the name of something closely associated with it
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Summary

metonymy is a stylistic device[1]. metonymy ranks in the top 3% of stylistic device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,349 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: trope[3], figure of speech[4], differentiation[5], usage[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Metonymy[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[12]
  • Different from: metaphor[13]

Why It Matters

metonymy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] metonymy is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 8229
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 8229, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286337|metonymy (#107286337)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classic"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 3516, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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