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metonymy
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me·ton·y·my (m-tn-m)
n.
In schizophrenia, a language disturbance in which an inappropriate but related word is used in place of the correct one.
metonymy [mĕ-ton´ĭ-me]
a disturbance of language seen in schizophrenia in which an inappropriate but related term is used instead of the correct one.
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There are also some scattered examples of metonomy, when Saruman is referred to as Isengard or Orthanc, but this is rare compared to similar usage patterns for Sauron.
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4) Synecdoche: similar to metonomy, a type of metaphor that uses a part to represent the whole.
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This character functions as a metonomy of Dominicans and immediately refers back to the primitivist discourse which I mentioned earlier.
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