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antanaclases

antanaclases is the plural of antanaclasis.

Meaning of antanaclasis

Noun

antanaclasis (countable and uncountable, plural antanaclases)

  1. (rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.

Questions about antanaclases

What is antanaclases the plural of?
Antanaclases is the plural of antanaclasis.

Words near antanaclases in the dictionary

  1. Antalya
  2. Antalya minnow
  3. Antalya minnows
  4. antamanide
  5. antambulacral
  6. antanaclases
  7. antanaclasis
  8. antanaclastic
  9. antanagoge
  10. Antananarivo
  11. Antanandro

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