antanaclasis

American  

[ant-an-uh-klas-is] / ˌænt æn əˈklæs ɪs /

noun

Rhetoric.

1. a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.

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Etymology

Origin of antanaclasis

1640–50; < Greek antanáklasis literally, echo, reflection, equivalent to ant- ant- + ana- ana- + klásis a breaking, bending ( see -clase, -clasis)

Example Sentences

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antanaclasis

Of the remaining long list of figures, the Irish are particularly disposed to the epizeuxis, as 'indeed, indeed—at all, at all,' and antanaclasis, or double meaning.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria

"Corry, if I were not ashamed of making a pun, or, as we say in academic circles, being guilty of antanaclasis, I would say that you are in-corri-gible."

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John