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/hɪˈpælədʒi/ · noun
(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two..
Use hypallage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hypallage means (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two..
Common synonyms include transferred epithet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use hypallage where its definition matches the intended context.
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