NOUN | communication | aposiopesis | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations) |
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Meaning | breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations). | |
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Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
Spanish | aposiopesis, reticencia | |
Catalan | aposiopesi, aposiopesis | |
Adjectives | aposiopetic | relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis |
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