parusia
A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the…A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.
Meaning
1 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past events or the prediction of future ones.
Origin
From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).
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