antistasis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀντίστασις (antístasis).
Noun[edit]
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We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. |
antistasis
- (rhetoric) The repetition of a word in an opposing sense.
- Hyponym: antanaclasis
Usage notes[edit]
While antanaclasis means any use of the same word in two senses, antistasis denotes an especially contrastive, even contrary, difference between the senses.