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Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by brookst on Friday October 31, 2025 @12:49AM (#45768539)
As long as we’re being pedantic, synecdoche means referring to part as the whole (nice wheels = car, nice threads = clothes).

Saying the US did something when referring to the government is metonymy, but not synecdoche.

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Re:Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to si... by StackRanker3000 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @07:26AM (#45780845)
A synecdoche can either be when you use a part to represent the whole, or conversely use the whole to represent a part

I think it’s valid to consider the US government a part of the US. Thus, referring to the US government when saying that the US did something is a synecdoche

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