antimetabole

antimetabole
The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.

"Mankind must put an end to war or else war will put an end to mankind." Many other instances may be found in kind. As one reserves fine china for the most special occasions and in only the most select company, so Kennedy used his beloved antimetabole. <!,1961, , ,


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  • Antimetabole — Antimétabole L’antimétabole (substantif féminin), du grec anti (« en sens inverse »), de meta (« changer ») et de ballein (« en jetant »), littéralement : « répétition selon un ordre inversé », est une …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Antimetabole —   [griechisch »Verstellung«] die, / n, Stilistik: rethorische Figur, bei der in zwei gleich gebauten Sätzen zwei Wörter in umgekehrter Reihenfolge wiederholt werden, z. B.: »wir leben nicht, um zu essen, sondern wir essen, um zu leben«. Die… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • antimetabole — (n.) 1590s, from Gk. antimetabole, from anti opposite (see ANTI (Cf. anti )) + metabole turning about (see METABOLISM (Cf. metabolism)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Antimetabŏle — (gr., Rhet.), Wiederholung derselben Wörter in veränderter Form, z.B. Iß, um zu leben, lebe nicht, um zu essen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Antimetabole — Antimetabole, rhet. Figur, Wiederholung derselben Worte in veränderter Folge; z.B. das bekannte: wir essen um zu leben, leben nicht um zu essen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • antimetabole —    antimetàbole    (s.f.) Permutazione nell ordine delle parole, tale da produrre un capovolgimento del senso. Detta anche chiasmo complicato o an­timetatesi. «L état de conscience est la conscience d un état» (Sartre). O cuâl es mas de culpar, / …   Dizionario di retorica par stefano arduini & matteo damiani

  • antimetábole — s. f. Frase formada com as palavras de outra, mas em ordem diferente …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • antimetabole — /an ti mə tabˈə li/ (rhetoric) noun A figure of speech in which the same words or ideas are repeated in inverse order, as in Quarles s ‘Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise’ ORIGIN: Gr …   Useful english dictionary

  • Antimétabole — L’antimétabole (substantif féminin), du grec anti (« en sens inverse »), de meta (« changer ») et de ballein (« en jetant »), littéralement : « répétition selon un ordre inversé », est une figure de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Antimetabole — In rhetoric, antimetabole is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed grammatical order (e.g., I know what I like, and I like what I know ). It is similar to chiasmus although chiasmus does not use repetition of the same… …   Wikipedia

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