Usually means: Expression using parts to signify whole.
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  1. -merism: Merriam-Webster
  2. merism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. merism: Wordnik
  4. merism: Wiktionary
  5. merism: Dictionary.com
  6. merism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Merism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. merism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (merism)

noun:  (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
noun:  (literature, rhetoric) A reference to something by a list of its parts.

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