synecdochy

== English == === Etymology === From synecdoche + -y. === Noun === synecdochy (countable and uncountable, plural synecdochies) (rhetoric) The use of a synecdoche. ==== Usage notes ==== synecdochy is rarely used; more often synecdoche is used both for the figure of speech and the use of this figure of speech. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:synecdochy. ==== Synonyms ==== (the use of the figure of speech): synecdoche ==== Hypernyms ==== metonymy Some class synecdochy as a type of metonymy, while others consider them exclusive terms.