Synecdochize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Synecdochize is a verb meaning To represent with or as if with a synecdoche.
Meaning
To represent with or as if with a synecdoche.
Example Sentences
The Finzi-Continis synecdochize the ethnic case par excellence.
...for those things that synecdochize this relationship between the real and the spectral.
The text may also proceduralize through the use of exemplars which constitute specific instances which tacitly stand for, or synecdochize, a whole class.
In this phenomenological sense, Berger is aware that in looking at Hals's paintings, he synecdochizes a partial perception, that he chooses to see specific.
Word Forms
- synecdochizes
- synecdochizing
- synecdochized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metonymize, symbolize, synonymize, sycophantize, consignify, liken.
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