CHIASMUS (chiasmi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: chiasmi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chiasmus mean? 

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

1. inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIASMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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