metonymia

Definitions of metonymia
  1. noun
    substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
    synonyms: naamwisseling
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    types:
    metalepsis
    substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
    type of:
    metafoor
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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