antimetabole
antimetabole · antimetaboles
антиметабола
The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or…The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.
UK/ˌæn.tɪ.məˈtæ.bə.li/US/ˌæn.ti.məˈtæ.bə.li/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.
антимета́болаantimetábola
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
rhetorical technique:
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ). By surface analysis, anti- (“opposite”) +From Ancient Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ). By surface analysis, anti- (“opposite”) + Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “transformation”).
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Forms
plural: antimetaboles| Singular | antimetabole |
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Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable