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ANTIMETATHESIS

\ˌantɪmˌɛtəθəsˈɪs], \ˌantɪmˌɛtəθəsˈɪs], \ˌa_n_t_ɪ_m_ˌɛ_t_ə_θ_ə_s_ˈɪ_s]\

Definitions of ANTIMETATHESIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

an'ti-me-tath'e-sis, n. inversion of the members of an antithesis, as in Crabbe's 'A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem.' [Gr.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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