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English speakers usually borrow from French, but sometimes French speakers reverse the practice—particularly when it is uncomplimentary to the English. The term is old enough that a translation into Modern French is provided along with the Old French lyrics.
"Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that refers to a part of something is substituted to stand in for the whole, or vice versa."
I think I had heard of that one before but I had to look it up.
1
: an optical instrument combining the telescope and microscope
2
: a circular prison built with cells arranged radially so that a guard at a central position can see all the prisoners
His last chapter, on China, talks about the panopticon: an omnipresent surveillance system designed so that individuals will never be sure whether or not they are being observed. The system searches for “desirable behavior” (whatever the government thinks is correct at the moment) and face-crime, facial expressions that hint at subversive attitudes.
Some interesting stuff in there, including a segment about a Chinese facial recognition system installed in toilets designed to limit users to only 60 cm. of toilet paper within a given time span. Rand Paul says (paraphrase) "God help you if you entered the stall after having some bad kung pao chicken."
"Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that refers to a part of something is substituted to stand in for the whole, or vice versa."
I think I had heard of that one before but I had to look it up.
I have to look this one up every time I come across it. Maybe I should look up its origins to see if there's some connection between word and meaning that will help me remember.
"Origin of synecdoche. 1350–1400; < Medieval Latin < Greek synekdochḗ, equivalent to syn- syn- + ekdochḗ act of receiving from another, equivalent to ek- ec- + -dochē, noun derivative of déchesthai to receive."
oh well.
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