parabasis

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράβασις (parábasis).

Noun[edit]

parabasis (plural parabases)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.

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