antanaclasis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις (antanáklasis, “reflection, bending back”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀνά (aná, “up”) + κλάσις (klásis, “breaking”).
Noun
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Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. |
antanaclasis (countable and uncountable, plural antanaclases)
- (rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.
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editTranslations
editthe use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time
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Further reading
edit- antanaclasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia