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Definition of Epanorthosis
1. Noun. Immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification. "Seems, madam! Nay, it is"
Definition of Epanorthosis
1. n. A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!
Definition of Epanorthosis
1. Noun. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epanorthosis
Literary usage of Epanorthosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are by John Walker (1822)
"epanorthosis, or Correction, is a figure by which we retract or recall what we
have spoken, for the sake of substituting something stronger or more suitable ..."
2. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and by John Walker (1823)
"epanorthosis, or Correction, is a figure by which we retract or recall what we
have spoken, for the sake of substituting something stronger or more suitable ..."
3. Recensio synoptica annotationis sacrae, being a critical digest and by Samuel Thomas Bloomfield (1828)
"There is here (I think) a figure frequent in the Apostle, namely, the epanorthosis.
The Apostle, as it were, corrects himself, and, remembering another view ..."
4. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are by John Walker (1822)
"epanorthosis, or Correction, is a figure by which we retract or recall what we
have spoken, for the sake of substituting something stronger or more suitable ..."
5. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and by John Walker (1823)
"epanorthosis, or Correction, is a figure by which we retract or recall what we
have spoken, for the sake of substituting something stronger or more suitable ..."
6. Recensio synoptica annotationis sacrae, being a critical digest and by Samuel Thomas Bloomfield (1828)
"There is here (I think) a figure frequent in the Apostle, namely, the epanorthosis.
The Apostle, as it were, corrects himself, and, remembering another view ..."
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