Chiasmus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural chi·as·mi [kahy-az-mahy]. /kaɪˈæz maɪ/. Rhetoric.
  1. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
noun plural -mi (-maɪ)
  1. reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
Chiasmus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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