antimetabole

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  1. In rhetoric, a figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in inverse order. The following are examples: “A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits,” Pope; “Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise,” Quarles.

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  • Slate points out that throughout this long presidential campaign season, both parties have taken advantage of the same rhetorical trick: antimetabole, or repeating words in a reverse order. —  Virginia Hughes
  • Here, courtesy of Slate, are instances of antimetabole in this election season: —  Virginia Hughes
  • Ask not what antimetabole can do for you-ask what you can do for antimetabole. —  One Thousand Reasons
  • How many even know the meaning of anaphora, antimetabole or litotes? —  The Chicago Blog
  • The best antimetabole submissions from Slate —  One Thousand Reasons
 

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  1. Latin, from Greek ἀντιμεταβολή, from ἀντί, against, counter, + μεταβολή, mutation: see metabola.
 

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/æntɪmɛˈtæbəli/
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