enallage

[en-al-uh-jee]

noun Rhetoric.

the use of one grammatical form in place of another, as the plural for the singular in the editorial use of we.

Origin:
1575–85; < Late Latin < Greek enallagḗ an interchange, derivative from base of enalláttein to give in exchange; compare en-², agio

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enallage
noun
a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial 'we' for 'I')

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