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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In rhetoric, a figure by which opposite things or persons are compared.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
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- noun rhetoric A
figure of speech in whichopposite things or persons arecompared .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek σύν (sun, "with, together") + κρίσις (krisis, "judge").
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