EPANORTHOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epanorthosis mean? 

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

1. immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPANORTHOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

Seems, madam! Nay, it is

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

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