Epanastrophe

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Anadiplosis. rhetoric, uncountable

    "The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in epanastrophe, […]adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth."

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"The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in epanastrophe, […]adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπαναστροφή (epanastrophḗ, “return”).

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