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kataphora

kataphora is the alternative form of cataphora.

Meaning of cataphora

Noun

cataphora (countable and uncountable, plural cataphoras)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

Questions about kataphora

What is kataphora the alternative form of?
Kataphora is the alternative form of cataphora.

Words near kataphora in the dictionary

  1. Katanning
  2. katanosin
  3. katanosins
  4. kataphatic
  5. kataphatically
  6. kataphora
  7. kataphoresis
  8. kataphoretic
  9. kataphoric
  10. kataplasia
  11. kataplectic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kataphora (page history and authors); cataphora (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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