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=== In Popular Culture and Society ===
=== In Popular Culture and Society ===
==== Example of Pop Culture/Society 1 ====
==== Example of Pop Culture/Society 1 ====
Set of Wheels for a car
"Wheels" for a car
 
Mouths to feed for people to feed


==== Example of Pop Culture/Society 2 ====
==== Example of Pop Culture/Society 2 ====

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Definition with language of origin and meaning Figure of speech[1]


Examples

In Popular Culture and Society

Example of Pop Culture/Society 1

"Wheels" for a car

Example of Pop Culture/Society 2

In Literature

William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."[2] are the opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection comes from the ears that are part of the whole human body. Antony does not plea for his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention and their minds.

Alongside Metonymy

Synecdoche and Metonymy are similar, but different. BUILD OFF OF THIS

Differences

Similarities

"Every metonymy is a synecdoche, but not every synecdoche is a metonymy. This rule is true because a metonymy must not only be a part of the root word, making a synecdoche, but also be a unique attribute of or associated with the root word" (Modugno)

Notes

References

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