ANASTROPHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anastrophe mean? 

• ANASTROPHE (noun)
  The noun ANASTROPHE has 1 sense:

1. the reversal of the normal order of words

  Familiarity information: ANASTROPHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANASTROPHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reversal of the normal order of words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

anastrophe; inversion

Hypernyms ("anastrophe" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))