Usually means: Transgression between narrative levels, confusing.
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  1. metaleptic: Merriam-Webster
  2. metaleptic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. metaleptic: Wordnik
  4. metaleptic: Wiktionary
  5. Metaleptic, metaleptic: Dictionary.com
  6. Metaleptic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. metaleptic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Metaleptic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. metaleptic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. metaleptic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Metaleptic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to metalepsis.

Similar:
metalexicographical, metalexicographic, metalogical, metempsychosal, metempsychotic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, metempsychic, metapoetical, methectic, more...

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Similar:
metalexicographical, metalexicographic, metalogical, metempsychosal, metempsychotic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, metempsychic, metapoetical, methectic, more...

Types:
anachronism, incongruity, irony, paradox, rhetorical question, more...



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