word
Literary
Chiasmus
ky-AZ-mus
/kaɪˈæzməs/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
chiasmus
Dictionary meaning
A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases (e.g. 'Ask not what your country can do for you…').
History and origin
Greek: letter chi (X)
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