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Catacosmesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly; A descending order from best, greatest, etc. to worst, lowest, etc. rhetoric, uncountable
  2. 2
    A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly; A chronological order from first to last. rhetoric, uncountable
  3. 3
    A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly; An ascending order from worst, lowest, etc. to best, greatest, etc; a climax. obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable

Etymology

From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”).

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