Definition of synecdochical Synecdochical
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What does synecdochical mean?
WordNet
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| synecdochical - using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech" | ||
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| nonliteral, figurative (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- synecdochical (Adjective)
Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa ; using something spoken of as the whole hand for laborer or vice-versa the court for the judge.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- synecdochical (a.)
Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
