Associations to the word «Chiasmus»
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Wiktionary
CHIASMUS, noun. (rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.
Dictionary definition
CHIASMUS, noun. Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.