Antimetabole

Quick meaning: Antimetabole is a noun meaning (rhetoric) The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.

Meaning

(rhetoric) The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.

Example Sentences

Antimetabole at effect will strain, And words and terms revers'd employ again.

"Mankind must put an end to war or else war will put an end to mankind." Many other instances may be found in kind. As one reserves fine china for the most special occasions and in only the most select company, so Kennedy used his beloved antimetabole.

Word Forms

• antimetaboles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include antimetathesis, parallelism, antithesis, antistasis, chiasmus, metaphor.

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