Talk:Antonomasia

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I´ve added the interesting example of the antonomastic use of "Prohibition" for "Prohibition of the Drug Alcohol in the United States between 1920 and 1933". Drcaldev 09:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prohibition by synecdoche, not antonomasia

I concur with Ben Bell who says the American localism of calling the "Prohibition of Alcoholic Drugs in the United States from 1919 to 1933", just "The Prohibition", has the rethoric figure of whole for part synecdoche, and not antonomasia. Drcaldev 08:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)