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Antanaclasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In rhetoric, antanaclasis (from the Greek: , antanáklasis , meaning "reflection") is the stylistic trope of repeating a single word, but with a different meaning each time. Antanaclasis is a commo...
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[edit] See also ... The repeated use of the same word, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of pun. ... Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary...
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The definition there is "The repetition of a word or phrase whose meaning changes in the second instance," and a splendid example is provided in which "antanaclasis occurs with an entire phrase whose meaning alters upon repetition": "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." —Vince Lombardi...
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The appeal and difficulty of antanaclasis should be immediately apparent, even if it isn't heir apparent. It is, in the first instance, an expression of verbal cleverness but it also immediately impresses the hearer with a sense of the intelligence and wisdom of the speaker.
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An antanaclasis is a pun in which a word is repeated with a different meaning each time. ... Context for this page: ... Concept module: antanaclasis...
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Some examples of antanaclasis: ... "Other types of puns, apart from antanaclasis, paronomasia and syllepsis, are also frequently used... Antanaclasis; repetition of a word in two different senses; Our frequent fliers can frequent other fliers. (British Airways)";
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Antanaclasis (an’-ta-na-cla’-sis): The repetition of a word or phrase whose meaning changes in the second instance. ... Categories: Gorgias's Weblog · The Daily Trope · antanaclasis · elocutio · rhetoric...
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