Word Type

Noun

The word "auxesis" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

catacosmesis merisis understatement

Derived Terms

auxetic auxetically

Context

biology chemistry rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

development growing growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny

Type Of (IsA)

growth

Related Terms

heterauxesis pleonasm tachyauxesis

Related Terms

apart arrangement ascending auxetic biological cellular division due to expansion great growth hyperbole made matter order organism overstatement particularly pleonasm rhetorical device series subject that

Synonym Network

amplification climax hyperbole

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