metonymies
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Noun
- Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
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Words that contain the term "metonymies".
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Words that sound like the term "metonymies".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "metonymies".
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| 1 | enemies | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | enzymes | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | economies | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | peonies | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | monies | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | milestones | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | mennonites | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | epitomizes | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | tonyes | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | mastectomies | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | lumpectomies | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | toniest | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | stymies | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | moonies | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | mommies | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | metoyer | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | menzies | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | melatonins | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | limestones | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | economizes | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | vasectomies | 4 | 0 |
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Metonymies are more literal than metaphors: evidence from ratings of German idioms
May 27, 2019 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
May 27, 2019 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Metonymy as Referential Dependency: Psycholinguistic and Neurolinguistic Arguments for a Unified Linguistic Treatment
Feb 17, 2016 Wiley Online Library
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