metalepsis

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

metalepsis

Sinónimos

substitution

Traducciones

métalepse

metalepsi

Metalepse

Etimología (Inglés)

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