Antimetabole at effect will strain, And words and terms revers'd employ again.
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Antimetabole
//ˌæn.tɪ.məˈtæ.bə.li//
Synonyms for "antimetabole"
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1 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 7 languages.
French
1 entries- antimétabole noun (rhetorical technique)
Māori
1 entries- kupu huri hāngai noun (rhetorical technique)
Occitan
1 entries- antimetabòla noun (rhetorical technique)
Polish
3 entries- antymetabola noun (rhetorical technique)
- antymetalepsja noun (rhetorical technique)
- antymetateza noun (rhetorical technique)
Portuguese
1 entries- antimetábole noun (rhetorical technique)
Russian
1 entries- антимета́бола noun (rhetorical technique)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- antimetàbola noun (rhetorical technique)
- антимета̀бола noun (rhetorical technique)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
"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.
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