synecdochize
synecdochize verb: to represent with or as if with a synecdoche.
Verb
synecdochize (third-person singular simple present synecdochizes, present participle synecdochizing, simple past and past participle synecdochized)
- To represent with or as if with a synecdoche.
- ...for those things that synecdochize this relationship between the real and the spectral.2016, S. Newstok, Ayanna Thompson, Weyward Macbeth: Intersections of Race and Performance, page 290
- The Finzi-Continis synecdochize the ethnic case par excellence.1986, Marilyn Schneider, Vengeance of the Victim: History and Symbol in Giorgio Bassani's Fiction, page 41
Examples of synecdochize in a sentence
- The text may also proceduralize through the use of exemplars which constitute specific instances which tacitly stand for, or synecdochize, a whole class.2002, Paul Dowling, The Sociology of Mathematics Education: Mathematical Myths / Pedagogic Texts, page 146
- 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...1990, Clayton Koelb, Nietzsche as Postmodernist: Essays Pro and Contra, page 173
- ...multiply inscribed within it, the smelling-bottles synecdochize the larger fragmentary "story" of woman, the "Gift" whose contours Augustus, seeing only through...1990, Susan Hardy AikenRosi Braidotti, Paul Gilroy, Isak Dinesen and the Engendering of Narrative, page 173
Forms of synecdochize
| third-person singular present | synecdochizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | synecdochizing |
| past participle | synecdochized |
| past | synecdochized |
Origin of synecdochize
From synecdoche + -ize.
Questions about synecdochize
- What does synecdochize mean?
- Synecdochize means to represent with or as if with a synecdoche.
- How do you use synecdochize in a sentence?
- The text may also proceduralize through the use of exemplars which constitute specific instances which tacitly stand for, or synecdochize, a whole class.
- What part of speech is synecdochize?
- Synecdochize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of synecdochize?
- The past tense of synecdochize is synecdochized.
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