Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synecdochize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: synec-dochize
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To represent with or as if with a synecdoche.

Example Sentences

"...for those things that synecdochize this relationship between the real and the spectral."
"The Finzi-Continis synecdochize the ethnic case par excellence."
"The text may also proceduralize through the use of exemplars which constitute specific instances which tacitly stand for, or synecdochize, a whole class."
"In this phenomenological sense, Berger is aware that in looking at Hals's paintings, he synecdochizes a partial perception, that he chooses to see specific..."
"...multiply inscribed within it, the smelling-bottles synecdochize the larger fragmentary "story" of woman, the "Gift" whose contours Augustus, seeing only through..."

Etymology

From synecdoche + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: synecdoche

Inflected Forms

synecdochizes (present, singular) synecdochizing (participle, present) synecdochized (participle, past) synecdochized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

synecdochization synecdochizations synecdochise synecdochisation synecdochisations

Questions

What does synecdochize mean?: To represent with or as if with a synecdoche.
Where does synecdochize come from?: From synecdoche + -ize.

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