Antanaclasis is a play on words in which a key word is repeated in a different, often contrary, sense.
Antanaclasis es un juego de palabras donde una palabra clave se repite con un sentido diferente, a menudo contrario.
| Front | antanaclasis \ant-an-uh-KLAS-is\ |
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| Back | noun A play on words in which a key word is repeated in a different, often contrary, sense. [From Greek antanaklasis (echo or reflection), from anti- (against) + ana- + klasis (breaking or bending).] Some examples of antanaclasis: * Your argument is sound, nothing but sound. -Benjamin Franklin * If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. -Vince Lombardi * Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. -Anonymous |
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