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▸ noun: (rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
▸ noun: (loosely) A turn of phrase that ought not to be taken literally, but rather as employed for convenience of expression only.
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▸ noun: (rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
▸ noun: (loosely) A turn of phrase that ought not to be taken literally, but rather as employed for convenience of expression only.
Similar:
figure,
trope,
image,
antiphrasis,
paraprosdokian,
periphrase,
word play,
antiphrase,
tropist,
periphrasis,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
metaphor,
simile,
hyperbole,
irony,
oxymoron,
alliteration,
onomatopoeia,
personification,
anaphora,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
rhetorical,
rhetoric,
oral,
elocutionary,
oratorical,
enunciatory,
colloquial,
enunciative,
idiomatic,
narrational,
discoursal
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