different between synecdoche vs symbolism

English

Alternative forms

• syndoche
• synechdoche

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin synecdoch?, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sunekdokh?, “receiving together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??n?k.d?.ki/, /s??n?k.do?.ki/

Noun

synecdoche (countable and uncountable, plural synecdoches)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part.

   Hyponyms: pars pro toto, totum pro parte

   Hypernym: metonymy

   • 2002, Christopher Hitchens, "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic, Sep 2002:

     "Holocaust" can become a tired synecdoche for war crimes in general.
2. (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.

   Synonym: synecdochy

Usage notes

Technically, a synecdoche is a part of the referent while a metonym is connected or associated but not necessarily a part of it.

Derived terms

Related terms

• docetism
• meronymy

Translations

See also

• metaphor
• metonymy

Further reading

• synecdoche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sunekdokh?, “receiving together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin?k?do?x?/

Noun

synecdoche f (plural synecdoches, diminutive synecdochetje n)

1. (literature) synecdoche

See also

• metonymia

English

Etymology

symbol +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mb??l?z?m/
• Hyphenation: sym?bol?ism

Noun

symbolism (countable and uncountable, plural symbolisms)

1. Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]
2. (obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

Related terms

• symbolic
• symbolist

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

symbol +? -ism

Noun

symbolism c

1. symbolism

Declension

References

• symbolism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• symbolism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)