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Meaning of metonimia



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metonimia
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Literary device by which something is named or described using another name, but which is associated by some characteristic. It is taken from the Greek voices 956; 949; 964; 945; ( put "between, in the middle of" ) 959; 957; 959; 956; 945; ( onoma "name" ) .

  



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It's the same as transnomination. It is the practice of naming one thing with something that identifies another very similar or that is very close to it.

  










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