synecdochically

Meanings

• a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.

  - "The captain is the heart of the ship."
  - "In the business world, the sales department is often considered the engine of the company."

• the act or instance of representing a whole by a part.

  - "The mayor spoke on behalf of the entire city council."
  - "In the medical field, a biopsy is the removal of a small sample of tissue for laboratory analysis, allowing doctors to diagnose or rule out various diseases and conditions based on the results of the lab analysis."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with synecdochically
syllogism , paradigm , isomorphism , homology , heterology , taxonomy , onomatopoeia , alliteration , anaphora , metaphor , simile , personification , idiom , proverb , epigram , aphorism , haiku

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Variants

List of all variants of synecdochically that leads to same result
synecdoche , synecdoches , synecdochic , synecdochical , synecdochically

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The term synecdoche comes from the Greek words syn, meaning 'together,' and ecdochos, meaning 'falling out.' This term was first used in ancient Greek literature and rhetoric to describe figures of speech in which a part stands for the whole, or the whole is represented by a part.

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