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