Associations to the word «Polyptoton»

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Wiktionary

POLYPTOTON, noun. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.

Dictionary definition

POLYPTOTON, noun. Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn