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epanastrophe

epanastrophe noun: anadiplosis.

Noun

epanastrophe (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Anadiplosis.
    • The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in epanastrophe, […]adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.1857, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Philological Studies: With English Illustrations

Origin of epanastrophe

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπαναστροφή (epanastrophḗ, “return”).

Questions about epanastrophe

What does epanastrophe mean?
Epanastrophe means anadiplosis.
What part of speech is epanastrophe?
Epanastrophe is a noun.

Words near epanastrophe in the dictionary

  1. epanadiplosis
  2. epanados
  3. epanalepsis
  4. epanaleptic
  5. epanaphora
  6. epanastrophe
  7. epandrial
  8. epandrium
  9. epanodos
  10. epanodoses
  11. epanolol

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