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en⋅al⋅la⋅ge

[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; < LL < Gk enallag an interchange, deriv. from base of enalláttein to give in exchange; cf. en- 2 , agio
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