antimeria
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Based on Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí) + μέρος (méros).
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Noun
antimeria (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The use of a word as if it were a member of a different word class, thus altering its meaning.
Translations
the use of a word as if it were a member of another word class
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References
De Mille, James. The Elements of Rhetoric. Harper & Brothers: 1878 p. 137.Antimeria
Portuguese
Noun
antimeria f (plural antimerias)
- (rhetoric) antimeria (the use of one word class as if it were a member of another)
- (biology) antimerism (the division of the body into antimeres)
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