antimetabole

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antimetabole

/ˌæn.tɪ.məˈtæ.bə.li/ UK
/ˌæn.tɪ.mɛˈtæ.bə.li/ UK
/ˌæn.ti.məˈtæ.bə.li/ US
/ˌæn.taɪ.məˈtæ.bə.li/ US
/ˌæn.tə.məˈtæ.bə.li/ US

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From Ancient Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ). By surface analysis, anti- (“opposite”) + Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “transformation”).

noun antimetaboles

countable, rhetoric, uncountable The technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition. Antimetabole at effect will strain, And words and terms revers'd employ again.

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noun rhetorical technique

Português	antimetábole
Français	antimétabole
Русский	антимета́бола antimetábola

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@misc{antimetabole_2026,
  title = {antimetabole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antimetabole},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}