HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of synecdochize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To represent with or as if with a synecdoche.

Examples

“...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...”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See synecdochize used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course