antanaclasis
Meaning
Noun
- The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.
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Origin
- From Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις ("reflection, bending back"), from ἀντί + ἀνά + κλάσις.
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