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Metalepsis

nounid 92097·updated May 18, 2026
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substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Metalepsises
possessive
Metalepsis's
pluralpossessive
Metalepsises'

Framework definitions

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substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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