what does "metaphor" mean in this sentence?

grammar british-english meaning

Solution 1:

"Metaphor" here appears to be used as a metonymy, where the ship itself is not a metaphor, but used as a shorthand for all the metaphorical usages of it and its situation to represent globalisation's and efficiency's flaws.

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