metalepsis

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Noun

metalepsis

1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.

Synonyms

• transumption

Translations

• French: métalepse
• Italian: metalepsi

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