HyperDic: chiasmus

English > 1 sense of the word chiasmus:
NOUNcommunicationchiasmusinversion in the second of two parallel phrases
English > chiasmus: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaninginversion in the second of two parallel phrases.
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishquiasmo
Catalanquiasme

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