ANTANACLASIS


Meaning of ANTANACLASIS in English

/ant'an euh klas"is/ , n. Rhet.

a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.

[ 1640-50; antanáklasis lit., echo, reflection, equiv. to ant- ANT- + ana- ANA- + klásis a breaking, bending (see -CLASE, -CLASIS) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .