antistrophe

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noun

In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.

Similar
epistrophe
OriginLatin antistrophe ← Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή →
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Meanings

nounantistrophe (countable and uncountable, plural antistrophes)

plural antistrophes

  1. countableuncountableIn Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
  2. countableuncountableThe lines of this part of the choral song.
  3. countablerhetoricuncountableThe repetition of words in an inverse order.
  4. countablerhetoricuncountableThe repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

    Synonyms: epistrophe

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

Similar
epistrophe
Also see
epistrophe

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀντιστροφή“turning about”
  2. Latinantistrophe
  3. Englishantistrophe

Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”).

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Translations

Finnish antistroofi
  • antistroofiin Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left
Italian antistrofe, antistrofe
  • antistrofein Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left
  • antistrofethe repetition of words in an inverse order
Polish antystrofa
  • antystrofain Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left
Portuguese antístrofe, antístrofe
  • antístrofein Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left
  • antístrofethe repetition of words in an inverse order
Tagalog pamalikid
  • pamalikidthe repetition of words in an inverse order

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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antistrophe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antistrophe

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“antistrophe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antistrophe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antistrophe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antistrophe.

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