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synecdochizing

synecdochizing is the present participle and gerund of synecdochize.

Meaning of synecdochize

Verb

synecdochize (third-person singular simple present synecdochizes, present participle synecdochizing, simple past and past participle synecdochized)

  1. 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

Questions about synecdochizing

What is synecdochizing the present participle and gerund of?
Synecdochizing is the present participle and gerund of synecdochize.

Words near synecdochizing in the dictionary

  1. synecdochization
  2. synecdochizations
  3. synecdochize
  4. synecdochized
  5. synecdochizes
  6. synecdochizing
  7. synecdochy
  8. synechdoche
  9. synechdoches
  10. synechia
  11. synechiae

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