metalepsis

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

metalepsi

Sinònims

substitution

Traduccions

métalepse

Metalepse

metalepsis

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).