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Anacoloutha

May 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Anacoloutha (an-a-co’-lu-tha): Substituting one word with another whose meaning is very close to the original, but in a non-reciprocal fashion; that is, one could not use the first, original word as a substitute for the second. This is the opposite of acoloutha.

Rising sun rips the night; jagged day, jags of light.

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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).

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