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antistrophes

antistrophes is the plural of antistrophe.

Meaning of antistrophe

Noun

antistrophe (countable and uncountable, plural antistrophes)

  1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
  2. The lines of this part of the choral song.
  3. (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
  4. (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
    Synonyms:
    epistrophe

Questions about antistrophes

What is antistrophes the plural of?
Antistrophes is the plural of antistrophe.

Words near antistrophes in the dictionary

  1. antistroke
  2. antistromal
  3. antistrong
  4. antistrophal
  5. antistrophe
  6. antistrophes
  7. antistrophic
  8. antistrophical
  9. antistrophically
  10. antistrophize
  11. antistrophized

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