Not P but question about the word "synecdoche"

[Arthur Fuller]

Synecdoche means "using a part of something to represent the whole". An
example is "All hands on deck."

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 5:26 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From DFW's The View from Mrs. Thompson's
>
> LOCATION: BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
> DATES: 11–13 SEPTEMBER 2001
> SUBJECT: OBVIOUS
>
> SYNECDOCHE  In true Midwest fashion, people in Bloomington aren’t
> unfriendly but do tend to be reserved. A stranger will smile warmly at you,
> but there normally won’t be any of that strangerly chitchat in waiting
> areas or checkout lines.
>
> What does DFW mean by "SYNECDOCHE" here? I looked it up of course, but I
> could not make sense of it in this context.  Here it serves as some sort of
> a heading, and the other headings are: WEDNESDAY, AERIAL & GROUND VIEWS,
> and TUESDAY.
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-- 
Arthur