epanorthosis


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epanorthosis

(ɪˌpænɔːˈθəʊsɪs)
n
(Rhetoric) rhetoric the almost immediate replacement of a preceding word or phrase by a more correct or more emphatic one, as for example in thousands, nay, millions
[C16: from Greek: correction, from epi- + ana- + orthos straight]
ˌepanorˈthotic adj
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epanorthosis

a rhetorical device in which something just said is repeated and stronger or more apt words are substituted.
See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
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epanorthosis

The immediate replacement, in order to achieve an effect of stress, of one word or phrase by another that is considered more correct.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.epanorthosis - immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification; "Seems, madam! Nay, it is"
rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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<< Epanorthose >> vient du grec epanorthosis (<< redressement >>), de orthos (<< droit >>) : le texte tente de se redresser, alors que celui des plantes est impossible (la glycine s'enroule dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre ou dans le sens inverse).
GREFFE, BOUTURE ET CREOLISATION: JARDINS DE MOTS ET DE SENS CHEZ KINCAID
The latter three chapters identify rhetorical figures operating in select works: "epanorthosis" in Beckett's Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable; "hyperbole" in Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu; and "tautology" in Stein's The Making of Americans.
The Work of Difference: Modernism, Romanticism, and the Production of Literary Form
Wasser rejects allegorical interpretations of the works and presents epanorthosis, a figure associated with a going-back and undoing, in their stead.
The Work of Difference: Modernism, Romanticism, and the Production of Literary Form
are followed by remarkable uses of rhetorical epanorthosis or metanoia;
Poetry, the Arts of Discourse, and the Discourse of the Arts

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