| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,915,562,842 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
metonymy |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in periodicals archive | ? | Medical browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | Whereas in Heart of Darkness Marlow refers to European colonial officers as "emissaries of light" (Conrad 1963: 18), in Tropenwee, references to the protagonist's first name, "Jules" are replaced by the metonym de witte (The White One) as soon as he crosses the equator. Gorbag and Shagrat most often use the metonym Lugburz, the orc name for Barad-dur, while Grishnakh generally calls him The Great Eye. Today, Fleet Street is a term that is still frequently used as a metonym for the UK press. |
metonym |
Metoestrus METOF METOFOR Metohexal Metohexal Metoject Metoject Metoject Metol Metol Metol Metol-Quinol Metolazone Metolquizolone Metolquizolone metomidate Meton Meton of Athens Metonic Metonic Metonic calendar Metonic calendar Metonic cycle Metonic cycle Metonic cycles Metonic cycles Metonic year Metonomy Metonomy Metonomy metonym metonymicmetonymic metonymic metonymical metonymical metonymical metonymically metonymically metonymically metonymies metonymies metonymies metonyms metonymy metonymy metonymy metoo MetOp metopan hydrochloride metope metope Metopes Metopes metopic metopic metopic metopic suture metopic suture metopion metopion | |||||||
| Medical Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|
-t
n
)