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Definition of Antimetabole

Antimetabole
Antimetabole An`ti*me*tab"o*le, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

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- In rhetoric, antimetabole (/æntɪməˈtæbəliː/ AN-ti-mə-TAB-ə-lee) is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order; for example...
- phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words". A similar device, antimetabole, also involves a reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases...
- phrase by repeating it in both places. Nested double-epanalepses are antimetaboles. The king is dead; long live the king! History is ours and people make...
- but a sword. (St Matthew's Gospel, 10:34). Another type involves an antimetabole (AB, BA word order), in which the contrasted words switch places: In...
- phrase of witticism in American English. The phrase is an example of an antimetabole. The origin of the phrase has been attributed to various sources. It...
- sin, and some by virtue fall. — Shakespeare, Measure for Measure 2.1 Antimetabole involves repeating but reversing the order of words, phrases or clauses...
- Little Virtues, 1962 by Natalia Ginzburg, with repetition of disaster Antimetabole is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order...
- "Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends" is a pun on an antimetabole, a quote often attributed to the Irish painter Francis Bacon (1909–1992)...
- country has its own mafia; In Russia, the mafia has its own country." Antimetabole Russian political jokes Two cows in Russia Scranton, Roy (July 16, 2018)...
- speakers of the language in which they're given (most commonly English). Antimetabole Anti-proverb Chiasmus Russian reversal Spoonerism Pollack, John (2012)...