A trope in which one entity is used to stand for another associated entity. Metonymy is, more specifically, a replacive relationship that is the basis for a number of conventional metonymic expressions occurring in ordinary language.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Pen and sword represent publishing and military force, respectively.
The following examples illustrate the controller-for-controlled metonymy:
Nixon bombed Hanoi.
Nixon stands for the armed forces that Nixon controlled.
A Mercedes rear-ended me.
The word me stands for the car that the speaker was driving.
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