exergasia

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/ɛks.ɚˈɡasi.ə/

noun

Restatement, a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the only change is in the way it is stated.

OriginAncient Greek ἐξεργασίᾱ →
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Meanings

nounexergasia (usually uncountable, plural exergasias)

plural exergasias

  1. rhetoricuncountableusuallyRestatement, a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the only change is in the way it is stated.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐξεργασίᾱ“working out, completion”
  2. Englishexergasia

From Ancient Greek ἐξεργασίᾱ (exergasíā, “working out, completion”), from ἐξεργάζομαι (exergázomai, “to work out, finish”), from ἐξ- (ex-, “out”) + ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai, “to work”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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