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(rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.

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chiasmus

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Source Word

chiasmus

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kaɪˈæzməs/

countable rhetoric uncountable

(rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.

Japanese Meaning

修辞学において、語句や節の要素が逆転することで、対比や強調効果を生み出す表現技法。

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The professor illustrated the concept of chiasmus by flipping the sentence structure to highlight the mirrored ideas.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

教授は語句の要素間の関係を逆転させる修辞法を例示するために、文の構造を入れ替えて対照的な考えを強調した。

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(rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.

The book of Habakkuk has been discovered to consist of a closely knit chiastic structure throughout. This is the first poem of such length to stand revealed as a literary unit of this kind, though chiasmus has already been discovered throughout many psalms […]

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chiasmi

（ plural ）

chiasmuses

（ plural ）

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