Cataplexis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cataplexis is a noun meaning (rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing.
Meaning
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing.
Example Sentences
In III.v's [sc. Ben Jonson's Epicoene] final sixty lines, Morose and Truewit wish calamity on Cutbeard: 'May he get the itch, and his shop so lousy as no man dare come at him' (III.v.70-71). They focus half of their cataplexis on Cutbeard's body, which they hope will develop blotches and gout, and the other half on the objects of his trade.
Synonyms for cataplexis
Depending on context, synonyms include commination.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counteraction, counterpunishment, catapulta, retaliation, requital, indignatio.
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