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EPANAPHORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epanaphora mean?
• EPANAPHORA (noun)
The noun EPANAPHORA has 1 sense:
1. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Familiarity information: EPANAPHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
anaphora; epanaphora
Hypernyms ("epanaphora" is a kind of...):
repetition (the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device)
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