Related Words for metonymic

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figurative
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Adjective, Adjective
semiotic
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Noun
metaphoric
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Adjective
syntagmatic
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Adjective
indexical
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Adjective
deictic
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Adjective
symbolic
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Adjective
discursive
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Adjective
signifier
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Noun
paradigmatic
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Adjective
intertextual
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Adjective
anaphoric
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Adjective
etymological
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Noun
linguistic
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Adjective
poetic
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Adjective
totemic
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Adjective
nonlinguistic
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Adjective
referent
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Noun
symbolical
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Adjective
typological
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Adjective
fictive
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Adjective
performative
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Adjective
filmic
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Adjective
analogical
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Adjective
metalinguistic
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Adjective
mimetic
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Adjective
connotative
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Adjective
patronymic
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Noun
dialectic
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Noun
iconicity
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Noun
dialectical
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Adjective
allegorical
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Adjective
representational
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Adjective
referentiality
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Noun
sociohistorical
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Adjective
signification
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Noun
processual
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Adjective
iconographic
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Adjective
gestural
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Adjective
biopolitical
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Adjective
symbolization
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Noun
sentential
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Adjective
parodic
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Adjective
semantic
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Adjective
colloquial
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Noun
gendered
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Adjective
diachronic
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Adjective
periphrastic
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Adjective
terminological
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Adjective
pronominal
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Adjective
morphological
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Adjective
contiguity
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Noun
slippage
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Noun
mappings
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Noun
substitution
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Noun
displacement
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Noun
extensions
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Noun
chain
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Noun
causality
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Noun
relation
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Noun
slide
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Noun
linkage
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Noun
pole
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Noun
link
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Noun
association
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Noun
substitute
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Noun
drift
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Noun
mode
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Noun
connections
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Noun
shift
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Noun
motivation
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Noun
transfer
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Noun
expressions
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Noun
relationship
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Noun
logic
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Noun
symbol
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Noun
reference
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Noun
axis
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Noun
reduction
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Noun
reading
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Noun
reasoning
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Noun
sign
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Noun
device
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Noun
target
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Noun
identification
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Noun
images
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Noun
usage
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Noun
emblematic
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Adjective
iconic
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Adjective
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
overdetermined
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Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
collocation
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
sorta
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Adverb
daylight
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
cloth
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Noun