HYPOZEUXIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypozeuxis mean? 

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

1. use of a series of parallel clauses (as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered')

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOZEUXIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use of a series of parallel clauses (as in 'I came, I saw, I conquered')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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