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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem wordnet
3. 3
   The lines of this part of the choral song. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   The repetition of words in an inverse order. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
5. 5
   The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

bookburdencantochoruscoupletepistrophe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”).

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