antimetathesis
The repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaningThe repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.
(uncountable)The inversion of the parts of an antithesis, as in "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem" (Crabbe).
A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, ‘A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem’.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From anti- + metathesis.From anti- + metathesis.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable