1) Rhetorical device
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In rhetoric, chiasmus (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, `crossing`, from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, `to shape like the letter Χ`) is the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism. Chiasmus w...
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[cipher] Chiasmus is a secret German government block cipher that was leaked by reverse engineering. It became notorious for its dilettant use in the BSI`s software GSTOOL, which used it in insecure ECB mode and generated the key with a pseudo random number generator initialized to the current system time, which means an effective key lengt...
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contrast by parallelism in reverse order
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repetition of any group of verse elements in reverse order.
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• (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
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(from Greek, 'cross' or 'x') A literary scheme in which the author introduces words or concepts in a
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Repetition of any group of verse elements in reverse order.
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Chi·as'mus noun [ New Latin , from Greek
chiasmo`s a placing crosswise, from
chia`zein . See
Chiasm .]
(Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence ; thus, « If e'er to bless thy sons My ...
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A crosswise placing of elements in prose or verse. It is the opposite of 'parallelism'.
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Figure of speech where the second half of a phrase reverses the order of the first half e.g. Samuel Johnson's 'For we that live to please, must please to live.'
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two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels (a-b-a-b) but in inverted order (a-b-b-a); from shape of the Greek letter chi (X).
*Those gallant men will remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always. MacArthur
*Renown'd for conquest, and in council skill'd. Addison et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli. Cicero, Pro lege Manilia
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n] - inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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chiasmus (s., kigh AZ muhs), chiasmi (pl., kigh AZ migh) 1. Inversion of word order. 2. A rhetorical construction in which the order of the words in the second of two paired phrases, clauses, etc., is the reverse of the order in the first. 3. A rhetorical inversion of the second of two parallel structures. Examples of chiasmi: It [marr...
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Chiasmus comes from a Greek word meaning “crossed,” and it refers to a grammatical structure that inverts a previous phrase. That is, you say one thing, and then you say something very similar, but flipped around.
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noun inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
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