antanaclasis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις (antanáklasis, “reflection, bending back”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀνά (aná, “up”) + κλάσις (klásis, “breaking”).

Noun

Examples
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. Vince Lombardi

antanaclasis (countable and uncountable, plural antanaclases)

(rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of pun.

Hypernyms

pun, ploce

Hyponyms

antistasis

Translations

the use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time

Italian: antanaclasi f

Portuguese: antanáclase f

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