anadiplosis

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/ˌænədəˈploʊsɪs/

noun

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.

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OriginLatin anadiplōsis ← Ancient Greek ἀναδίπλωσις →
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Meanings

nounanadiplosis (countable and uncountable, plural anadiploses)

plural anadiploses

  1. countablerhetoricuncountableA figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.

    Anadiplosis ends the former line With what the next does for its first design.

    1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Anadiplosis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 80

Synonyms & antonyms

nounrepetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀναδίπλωσις
  2. Latinanadiplōsis
  3. Englishanadiplosis

Learned borrowing from Latin anadiplōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναδίπλωσις (anadíplōsis).

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Translations

Catalan anadiplosi
  • anadiplosia rhetorical device
Chinese Mandarin 頂真 /顶真, 頂針 /顶针
  • 頂真 /顶真 (dǐngzhēn)a rhetorical device
  • 頂針 /顶针 (dǐngzhēn)a rhetorical device
  • 蟬聯法 /蝉联法 (Chánliánfǎ)a rhetorical device
  • 聯珠法 /联珠法 (Liánzhūfǎ)a rhetorical device
  • 反覆法 (Fǎnfùfǎ)a rhetorical device
Finnish anadiploosi
  • anadiploosia rhetorical device
French anadiplose
  • anadiplosea rhetorical device
German Anadiplose
  • Anadiplosea rhetorical device
Hungarian anadiplózis, kettőzés
  • anadiplózisa rhetorical device
  • kettőzésa rhetorical device
  • reduplikációa rhetorical device
  • epanasztrofaa rhetorical device
Italian anadiplosi
  • anadiplosia rhetorical device
Japanese 前辞反復
  • 前辞反復 (zenjihanfuku)a rhetorical device
Latin anadiplōsis
  • anadiplōsisa rhetorical device
Polish anadiploza
  • anadiplozaa rhetorical device
Portuguese anadiplose
  • anadiplosea rhetorical device
Spanish anadiplosis
  • anadiplosisa rhetorical device
Tagalog ugnay-ulit
  • ugnay-ulita rhetorical device

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with anadiplosis

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Cite this entry
APA

anadiplosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anadiplosis

MLA

“anadiplosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anadiplosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anadiplosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anadiplosis.

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