Metonymy

Refers to a rhetorical device in which one word is used in place of the one actually intended.

For example, it is a metonymy when one uses “earning one’s bread” as a euphemism for “earning money to make a living.”

The important aspect fur us is that the expression used takes on a different meaning than usual. Therefore, metonyms can constitute a form of equivocation.

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