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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: metonymy
History
From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
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