metonymical

metonymical
of, or relating to metonymy
Syn: metonymic

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  • Metonymical — Metonymic Met o*nym ic, Metonymical Met o*nym ic*al, a. [See {Metonymy}.] Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. {Met o*nym ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • metonymical — adjective see metonymy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • metonymical — metonymically, adv. /met euh nim i keuhl/, adj. having the nature of metonymy. Also, metonymic. [1570 80; < Gk metonymik(ós) (see METONYMY, IC) + AL1] * * * …   Universalium

  • metonymical — metÉ™ nɪmɪkl adj. having the nature of metonymy, of or pertaining to the use of a related word to represent another word that it does not specifically denote (Rhetoric) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • metonymical — met·o·nym·i·cal …   English syllables

  • metonymical — adjective using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated to say he spent the evening reading Shakespeare is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author s works • Syn: ↑metonymic •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tact (psychology) — Tact is a term that B.F. Skinner used to describe a verbal operant in which a response of given form is evoked (or at least strengthened) by a particular object or event or property of an object or event (1957). The tact is verbal contact with… …   Wikipedia

  • metonymic — adjective using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated to say he spent the evening reading Shakespeare is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author s works • Syn: ↑metonymical •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious, or Reason Since Freud — is an essay by the psychoanalytic theorist Jacques Lacan, originally delivered as a talk on May 9, 1957 and later published in Lacan s 1966 book Écrits .Lacan begins the essay by declaring it to be situated halfway between speech and writing. By… …   Wikipedia

  • met|o|nym|ic — «MEHT uh NIHM ihk», adjective. = metonymical. (Cf. ↑metonymical) …   Useful english dictionary

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