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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ant•an•a•clas•is (ant′an ə klas′is),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]- Rhetorica form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.
- Greek antanáklasis literally, echo, reflection, equivalent. to ant- ant- + ana- ana- + klásis a breaking, bending (see -clase, -clasis)
- 1640–50
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