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epanorthosis
noun
A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm
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rhetorical device
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hypallage
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anacoluthon
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hyperbaton
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anacoluthia
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antiphrasis
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figure of speech
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hysteron proteron
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epiplexis
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tagmeme
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homoioptoton
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heterophemy
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verb phrase
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adposition
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extradictionary
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expressive style
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brachyology
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noun phrase
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dramatic irony
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demonstrative pronoun
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laconism
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paradiastole
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epanadiplosis
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enantiosis
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paronym
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polysyndeton
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tagmemics
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set phrase
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tralation
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ecphonesis
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present participle
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wellerism
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cacozelia
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verbal noun
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metaplasm
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concrete noun
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brachylogy
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pauciloquy
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hypobole
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function word
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indefinite pronoun
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paraleipsis
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epanodos
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verbalist
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epiploce
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tralatition
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indicative mood
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main clause
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tropology
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falsism
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charactery
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tapinosis
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indirect speech
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metaplast
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interpunction
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equivalent weight
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mental object
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polyptoton
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grammatical case
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accusative case
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acute accent
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circumposition
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tropist
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active voice
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anthimeria
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anadiplosis
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give voice
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relative clause
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direct speech
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language unit
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briticism
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stichomythia
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biverbal
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analogism
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new criticism
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agonistical
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dative case
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apocope
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formal language
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antimetathesis
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epithesis
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subordinate conjunction
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subtonic
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grammatical relation
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kyriology
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direct object
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ideophone
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grecism
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stoichiology
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diorism
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enclisis
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propositional calculus
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verbality
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common noun
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ghost word
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modal auxiliary
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paraschematic
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comitative
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dipody
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parathesis
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epanorthosis
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