Thesaurus: antimetathesis

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1. n. An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
2. n. A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause preceding; inversion of the members of an antithesis: as, ‘A poem is a speaking picture; a picture a mute poem’.
3. An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
4. An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverseorder.