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metonym

noun

1 metonym

A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing.

Roget 514: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum [Lat.], theory; thesis, theorem; ... show more

Dutch: metoniem


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