syncrisis
syncrisis noun: a figure of speech in which opposite things, people etc. are compared.
Noun
syncrisis (plural syncrises)
- A figure of speech in which opposite things, people etc. are compared.
- Other aspects were also taken into consideration in the pansophic method, ensuing from the syncrisis of the general and particular.1984, Marie Kyralová, Symposium Comenianum 1982: The Impact of J.A. Comenius on Educational Thinking and Practice, page 19
- Although it is tempting to look at colour in terms of each energia ^([sic]) in turn (what could be said about a chromatic analysis of anemographia? ) for our purposes here, we will continue to focus on the temporal and spatial planes that articulate the figural cadences created by syncrisis.2007, Wendy Ellen Everett, Questions of Colour in Cinema: From Paintbrush to Pixel, page 134
Forms of syncrisis
| plural | syncrises |
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Origin of syncrisis
From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κρίσις (krísis, “judge”).
Questions about syncrisis
- What does syncrisis mean?
- Syncrisis means a figure of speech in which opposite things, people etc. are compared.
- What part of speech is syncrisis?
- Syncrisis is a noun.
- What is the plural of syncrisis?
- The plural of syncrisis is syncrises.
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