antistrophon

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noun

A counterargument as a retort

OriginAncient Greek ἀντίστροφος →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleterhetoricA counterargument as a retort

    Now that he may know what it is to be a Childe, and yet to meddle with edg'd tooles, I turn his Antiſtrophon upon his own head;

    1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 175

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀντίστροφος“turned towards each other”
  2. Englishantistrophon

From Ancient Greek ἀντίστροφος (antístrophos, “turned towards each other”), from στρέφω (stréphō).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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