Synecdoche

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Communication

Foundational Lexiconpart for whole
Executive Parlancerepresentative substitution
Scholarly Discoursemetonymic figure
Babel ZenithSynecdoche
Origin: Rhetoric
Pronunciation: /sɪˈnekdəki/

Etymology & Meaning

A figure of speech using a part to represent the whole.

In the Boardroom

Saying 'hired hands' to mean workers.

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