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PRONUNCIATION OF SYNECDOCHIC

synecdochic  [ˌsɪnɛkˈdɒkɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYNECDOCHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Synecdochic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SYNECDOCHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Synecdoche

A synecdoche (/sɪˈnɛkdəkiː/, si-NEK-də-kee; from Greek synekdoche (συνεκδοχή), meaning "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or vice-versa. An example is referring to workers as hired hands.

Definition of synecdochic in the English dictionary

The definition of synecdochic in the dictionary is of or relating to a figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part, as in 50 head of cattle for 50 cows, or the army for a soldier.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYNECDOCHIC


anarchic
ænˈɑːkɪk
autarkic
ɔːˈtɑːkɪk
Bacchic
ˈbækɪk
drop-kick
ˈdrɒpˌkɪk
gonococcic
ˌɡɒnəʊˈkɒkɪk
hierarchic
ˌhaɪərˈɑːkɪk
intrapsychic
ˌɪntrəˈsaɪkɪk
kick
kɪk
meningococcic
mɛˌnɪŋɡəʊˈkɒkɪk
monarchic
mɒˈnɑːkɪk
oligarchic
ˌɒlɪˈɡɑːkɪk
place-kick
pleɪs kɪk
psychic
ˈsaɪkɪk
sidekick
ˈsaɪdˌkɪk
staphylococcic
ˌstæfɪləʊˈkɒkɪk
stomachic
stəˈmækɪk
streptococcic
ˌstrɛptəʊˈkɒkɪk
thearchic
θiːˈɑːkɪk
topkick
ˈtɒpˈkɪk
Turkic
ˈtɜːkɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYNECDOCHIC

syne
synecdoche
synecdochical
synecdochically
synecdochism
synechia
synecious
synecologic
synecological
synecologically
synecologist
synecology
synecphoneses
synecphonesis
synectic
synectically
synectics
synedrial
synedrion
syneidesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYNECDOCHIC

anthropopsychic
autarchic
chic
diarchic
dyarchic
geek chic
gynarchic
halachic
heptarchic
heroin chic
hexastichic
matriarchic
metapsychic
shabby chic
superchic
tetrarchic
tetrastichic
tribrachic
tristichic
ultrachic

Synonyms and antonyms of synecdochic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «synecdochic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYNECDOCHIC

Find out the translation of synecdochic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of synecdochic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «synecdochic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

synecdochic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sinecdóquica
570 millions of speakers

English

synecdochic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

synecdochic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

synecdochic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

synecdochic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sinedóquica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

synecdochic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

synecdoque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Synecdochic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

synekdochische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

synecdochic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

synecdochic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Synecdochic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

synecdochic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

synecdochic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिनेडडोचिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

synecdochic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sineddoche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

synecdochic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

synecdochic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

synecdochic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

synecdochic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

synecdochic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

synecdochic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

synecdochic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of synecdochic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYNECDOCHIC»

The term «synecdochic» is used very little and occupies the 179.524 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYNECDOCHIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about synecdochic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYNECDOCHIC»

Discover the use of synecdochic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to synecdochic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On Symbols and Society
Leibniz's monadology is a good instance of the synecdochic on this grand scale. (And "representation" is his word for his synecdochic relationship.) A similar synecdochic form is present in all theories of political representation, where some  ...
Kenneth Burke, Joseph R. Gusfield, 1989
2
A Grammar of Motives
Leibniz's monadology is a good instance of the synecdochic on this grand scale. (And "representation" is his word for this synecdochic relationship.) A similar synecdochic form is present in all theories of political representation, where some  ...
Kenneth Burke, 1969
3
Eloquence in an Electronic Age : The Transformation of ...
Synoptic statements can then characterize persons as well as policies and periods. To understand the power of a synecdochic statement one need only grasp its incarnating context, its reincarnations, and the assumptions that sustain it.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson The Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania, 1988
4
Ethnocriticism: Ethnography, History, Literature
6. NATIVE. AMERICAN. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. AND. THE. SYNECDOCHIC. SELF. Although studies of Native American autobiography have become more numerous of late, no one of these has yet taken as its central focus the matter that has ...
Arnold Krupat, 1992
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The Translator's Turn
needs) and sloughs off the rest. Both the synecdochic and the hyperbolic translator condescend to the SL writer, assuming that he or she did not quite know what he or she wanted to say or how to say it, and taking upon themselves the task of ...
Douglas Robinson, 1991
6
How Proverbs Mean: Semantic Studies in English Proverbs
This means that even among proverbs all classified as species-genus synecdochic the degree of abstraction attributed to the synecdochic extension of meaning differs from one example to the next. On the basis of these remarks, the scenic ...
Neal R. Norrick, 1985
7
Narrating the American West
Krupat theorizes that Native American autobiographies are instead marked by a synecdochic, rather than metonymic, sense of self based on part-to-whole relations in which the individual stands “in relation to [a] coherent and bounded whole” ...
Jordana Finnegan
8
The Poetic Logic of Administration: Styles and Changes of ...
time, but especially interested himself in biology, which also came to colour his perspective on the whole; he had a Synecdochic tendency to treat all objects of investigation as organisms or analogous to organisms, and therefore governed by ...
Kaj Skoldberg, 2003
9
Cast by Means of Figures: Herman Melville's Rhetorical ...
In contrast, the synecdochic structure of the novel, its internalized freedom, shows itself more and more static, deadly, threatening, and daimonic. In Typee, the voice of the novel struggles to find and identify with a source of authority which can ...
Bryan Collier Short, 1992
10
On Musical Self-similarity: Intersemiosis as Synecdoche and ...
example, proliferation of σ is attributable to a development of the system consistency (i.e. grammatical recursiveness), as specified in subchapter 3.7. In a process of musical information, the synecdochic function is the fundamental relationship ...
Gabriel Pareyón, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYNECDOCHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term synecdochic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The V8 Was Always Great
... error that so frequently mars the work of his peers, whether we are speaking of Gurdjieff or Jesu: namely, miscarrying the synecdochic transition. Like Foucault ... «RoadandTrack.com, Jul 15»
2
Film Review: 'Our House'
... statement — which loses emotional immediacy thanks to a synecdochic conceit that the helmer (via narrator Daouda N'diaye) blatantly explains at every turn. «Variety, Jun 15»
3
Year of the Canon: Phillies 4, Pirates 2
Here's a link to a synecdochic video of Rupp's performance today. Second, zombie hitter Chase Utley is not so undead in the field. He made a beautiful play to ... «The Good Phight, May 15»
4
Animal Farm at Prime Stage
... of Russia, whom Orwell saw as a synecdochic case study of victims of totalitarianism. (Got all that?) Grande accomplishes this using an arsenal of techniques, ... «PGH City Paper, Mar 15»
5
Playwright Hannah Moscovitch on the necessity to publish theatre …
In the theatre, the published script is in a synecdochic relationship with the produced play. It's only part of a whole. And sometimes the thing that is beautiful ... «Quill & Quire, Jan 15»
6
'Kawaii' gets a landmark
Between that and the typo-ridden backdrop, proclaiming “Tourist Information Centar [sic],” the whole affair is a synecdochic representation of Japan's repeated ... «The Japan Times, Dec 14»
7
Beer Stocks Hopping After Heineken's Rejection Of SABMiller
The excitement in the market is fizzing over to shares of Anheuser-Busch (which trades under the synecdochic ticker BUD) and Molson Coors Brewing Company ... «Forbes, Sep 14»
8
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marina?
Always ready to get synecdochic, I followed a gesturing gallery assistant to a chair. Upright and motionless in it, my eyes squeezed shut and noise-cancelling ... «Hyperallergic, Aug 14»
9
Who Should You Root for in the World Cup Final? (Don't Worry, You …
During the World Cup, however, each team takes on a synecdochic relationship to its home country. As a result, any personal or political feelings you might have ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 14»
10
Bleeding Edge: Nicky Wire on Futures, Futurism and Futurology
"I've just fucking exhausted all my old records so much," he says at one point, and I sense that the vinyl collection may be synecdochic for his feelings towards ... «The Quietus, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Synecdochic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/synecdochic>. Apr 2024 ».
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