Synonyms for metalepsis
met·alep·sis

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1. metalepsisnoun

   Synonyms:
   transumptio

2. metalepsisnoun

   The metonymical substitution of one word by another which is itself a metonym.

   Synonyms:
   transumptio

3. metalepsisnoun

   The result of a series of metaphors

   Synonyms:
   transumptio

4. metalepsisnoun

   The unexpressed serial application of tropes of substitution.

   Synonyms:
   transumptio

Princeton's WordNet

1. metalepsisnoun

   substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another

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1. • Metonymy

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