synecdoche

use of a term for a part of something to refer to the whole or vice versa
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synecdoche

Summary

synecdoche is a stylistic device[1]. synecdoche ranks in the top 0.93% of stylistic_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,544 views/month, #1 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • synecdoche's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • synecdoche's GND ID is recorded as 4184243-1[4].
  • synecdoche's subclass of is recorded as metonymy[5].
  • synecdoche's subclass of is recorded as figure of speech[6].
  • synecdoche's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Synecdoque.wav[7].
  • synecdoche's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mzlm[8].
  • synecdoche's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Synecdoche[9].
  • synecdoche's LEM ID is recorded as LEM201008397[10].
  • synecdoche's described at URL is recorded as https://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/S/synecdoche.htm[11].
  • synecdoche's spoken text audio is recorded as Synecdoche.ogg[12].
  • synecdoche's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300055906[13].
  • synecdoche's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0142788[14].
  • synecdoche's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • synecdoche's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[16].
  • synecdoche's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/synecdoche[17].
  • synecdoche's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3664251[18].
  • synecdoche's NE.se ID is recorded as synekdoke[19].
  • synecdoche's Quora topic ID is recorded as Synecdoche[20].
  • synecdoche's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as synecdoche[21].
  • synecdoche's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779997758[22].
  • synecdoche's Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 8947[23].
  • synecdoche's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 07123138-n[24].
  • synecdoche's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0014657[25].
  • synecdoche's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779997758[26].
  • synecdoche's Encyclopedia of Ideas ID is recorded as synecdoche[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for synecdoche include Synecdoche, New York[28], a film[29], directed by Charlie Kaufman[30].

Why It Matters

synecdoche ranks in the top 0.93% of stylistic_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,544 views/month, #1 of 107).[2] synecdoche has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] synecdoche is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for synecdoche include Synecdoche, New York[28], a film[29], directed by Charlie Kaufman[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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