[an.tis.tro.phe] n [LL, fr. Gk antistrophe, fr. anti- + strophe strophe] (ca. 1550) 1 a: the repetition of words in reversed order b: the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
2. a: a returning movement in Greek choral dance exactly answering to a previous strophe b: the part of a choral song delivered during the antistrophe -- an.ti.stroph.ic adj -- an.ti.stroph.i.cal.ly adv