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ANACOLUTHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anacoluthia mean?
• ANACOLUTHIA (noun)
The noun ANACOLUTHIA has 1 sense:
1. an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Familiarity information: ANACOLUTHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
anacoluthia; anacoluthon
Hypernyms ("anacoluthia" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
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