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Auxesis may
refer to:
Auxesis (genus), a
genus of
longhorn beetles Auxesis (biology),
expansion of cell size
Auxesis (figure of speech),
exaggerated language...
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Auxesis (Gr****: αὔξησις,
aúxēsis) is the Gr**** word for "growth" or "increase". In rhetoric, it
refers to
varying forms of increase:
hyperbole (overstatement):...
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significance or size than it
really is.
Meiosis is the
opposite of
auxesis, and is
often compared to litotes. The term is
derived from the Gr**** μειόω...
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device or
figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also
sometimes known as
auxesis (literally 'growth'). In
poetry and oratory, it emphasizes,
evokes strong...
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increasing importance. In its use with clauses, it is also
sometimes known as
auxesis (lit. "growth").
Climax is
frequently used in
persuasion (particularly...
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Auxesis (from the Gr**** word
meaning increase; grow)
refers to
growth from an
increase in cell size
rather than an
increase in the
number of cells. Auxetic...
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Auxesis gabonicus is a
species of
beetle in the
family Cerambycidae. It was
described by
Thomson in 1858. It is
known from Gabon, the
Democratic Republic...
- and hear poor
rogues Talk of
court news... — Shakespeare, King Lear 5.3
Auxesis is
arranging words in a list from
least to most significant.[page needed]...
- or "excellent".
Along the same lines,
litotes can be used (as a form of
auxesis), to
euphemistically provide emphasis by
diminishing the
harshness of an...
- — Woody
Allen Anticlimax Auxesis, the
opposite device, in
which clauses increase in
force Climax, the
specific form of
auxesis which serves as the opposite...
