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Preferred term

Metonymy  

Definition

  • A figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that of something else with which it is associated [AAT 94]

Entry terms

  • METONYMS

Notation

  • 112184

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-B9Z6204W-3

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