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antistrophe

Syllabification: (an·tis·tro·phe)
Pronunciation: /anˈtistrəfē/

Definition of antistrophe

noun

  • the second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. Compare with strophe and epode (sense 2).

Origin:

mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting the repetition of words in reverse order): via late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein 'turn against', from anti 'against' + strephein 'to turn'

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