different between meronymic vs metonymic

English

Etymology

meronym +? -ic

Adjective

meronymic (not comparable)

1. Relating to a meronym or meronyms.

Synonyms

• (rare) meronymous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (met?numikós, “of or like metonymy”), from ????????? (met?numía, “change of name”), from ???? (metá, “other”) + ????? (ónuma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?m?t.??n?m.?k/

Adjective

metonymic (comparative more metonymic, superlative most metonymic)

1. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object
   • 1999, Udo Hahn & Katja Markert, "On the Formal Distinction between Literal and Figurative Language", Progress in Artificial Intelligence: 9th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, page 140

     With a metonymic expression encountered in almost every sixth utterance, an uncontroversial need for dealing with this problem is demonstrated.

   Synonym: metonymical

Derived terms

• metonymically

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Noun

metonymic (plural metonymics)

1. a metonym

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