συνεκδοχή — meaning in English
synekdochi
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English meaning
- connotation noun An idea, feeling or association that a word carries in addition to its plain dictionary meaning.
Senses
συνεκδοχή is used for these senses in English:
- connotation (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
- synecdoche (figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
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