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antimetathesis

antimetathesis noun: the repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.

Noun

antimetathesis (uncountable)

  1. The repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.
  2. The inversion of the parts of an antithesis, as in "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem" (Crabbe).

antimetathesis meaning in Tamil

antimetathesis in Tamil

எதிர் முரண் அணி

Origin of antimetathesis

From anti- + metathesis.

Questions about antimetathesis

What does antimetathesis mean?
Antimetathesis means the repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.
What is antimetathesis in Tamil?
Antimetathesis in Tamil is எதிர் முரண் அணி. See Antimetathesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antimetathesis?
Antimetathesis is a noun.

Words near antimetathesis in the dictionary

  1. antimetaphysicality
  2. antimetaphysically
  3. antimetaphysics
  4. antimetastasis
  5. antimetastatic
  6. antimetathesis
  7. antimeter
  8. antimeters
  9. antimethanogenic
  10. antimethodologies
  11. antimethodology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antimetathesis (page history and authors); antimetathesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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