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metonymy

मेंतोनयमय / मेतोयम्य / मेटोनयमयnoun

लक्षणालंकार

Definition

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads)

Examples

अलंकार के मुख्य भेद लक्षणालंकार और रूपक हैं|

the principal variety of the trope are the metonymy and the metaphor.

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