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antistasis

antistasis noun: the repetition of a word in an opposing sense.

Noun

antistasis

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of a word in an opposing sense.

Origin of antistasis

From Ancient Greek ἀντίστασις (antístasis).

Questions about antistasis

What does antistasis mean?
Antistasis means the repetition of a word in an opposing sense.
What part of speech is antistasis?
Antistasis is a noun.

Words near antistasis in the dictionary

  1. antistaphylolysin
  2. antistaphylolysins
  3. antistar
  4. antistars
  5. antistarvation
  6. antistasis
  7. antistat
  8. antistate
  9. antistatic
  10. antistatically
  11. antistatics

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