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Significados de synecdochical en inglés

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.

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        1
        The drama, the cult image, the pictograph, the synecdochic picture, the ideaglyph, were steps in a progress without a break.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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        Another, headless, is surrounded by gargoyles, broken effigies and decapitated stone heads, prompting thoughts on the synecdochic power of fragments.
        The Guardian