metonymy

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Definition

noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

And hence, again, by metonymy, to that projecting part of the land, whereby the gulf is formed; and still further to any promontory or peninsula. — The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus
Yes, by the deformity of certain terms, we recognize the fact that it was chewed by Mandrin, and by the splendor of certain metonymies, we feel that Villon spoke it. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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