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Meaning of "epanorthosis" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPANORTHOSIS

From Greek: correction, from epi- + ana- + orthos straight.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EPANORTHOSIS

ɪˌpænɔːˈθəʊsɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPANORTHOSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epanorthosis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPANORTHOSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epanorthosis

An epanorthosis is a figure of speech that signifies emphatic word replacement. The example "thousands, no, millions!" is a stock example. More often, however, epanorthosis signifies immediate and emphatic self-correction, and as such often follows a Freudian slip. Examples: ▪ "The psychologist known as Sigmund Fraud—Freud, I mean!" ▪ "I've been doing this for six weeks!—er, days, that is." ▪ "Man has parted company with his trusty friend the horse and has sailed into the azure with the eagles, eagles being represented by the infernal combustion engine—er er, internal combustion engine. Internal combustion engine! Engine!" – Winston Churchill Here the words in italics are technically the epanorthoses, although all of the words following the dash may be considered part of the epanorthosis as well. Striking through words is another way of demonstrating the effect. In Aviation English phraseology, the word "correction" must be explicitly used: "climb to reach Flight Level 290 at time 58 — correction at time 55". A modern variant is the use of ^H to suggest a backspace, or ^W to suggest deletion of the preceding word.

Definition of epanorthosis in the English dictionary

The definition of epanorthosis in the dictionary is the almost immediate replacement of a preceding word or phrase by a more correct or more emphatic one, as for example in thousands, nay, millions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPANORTHOSIS

apoptosis · atherosclerosis · babesiosis · berylliosis · diagnosis · diorthosis · fibrosis · hypnosis · necrosis · ornithosis · orthosis · osmosis · osteoporosis · pediculosis · prognosis · sarcoidosis · sclerosis · stenosis · thrombosis · tuberculosis

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPANORTHOSIS

epagoge · epagogic · epagomenal · Epaminondas · epanadiplosis · epanalepsis · epanaleptic · epanaphora · epanaphoral · epanodos · epanorthotic · eparch · eparchate · eparchial · eparchies · eparchy · epaule · epaulement · epaulet · epaulette

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPANORTHOSIS

affective psychosis · alphosis · anamorphosis · anthropomorphosis · cirrhosis · gomphosis · homomorphosis · Korsakoff´s psychosis · kyphosis · metamorphosis · metempsychosis · morphosis · multiple sclerosis · organic psychosis · paedomorphosis · psychosis · puerperal psychosis · sporotrichosis · theriomorphosis · trichosis · whosis

Synonyms and antonyms of epanorthosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epanorthosis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPANORTHOSIS

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The translations of epanorthosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epanorthosis» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

epanorthosis
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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epanorthosis
570 millions of speakers
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English

epanorthosis
510 millions of speakers
hi

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epanorthosis
380 millions of speakers
ar

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epanorthosis
280 millions of speakers
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epanorthosis
278 millions of speakers
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epanorthosis
270 millions of speakers
bn

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epanorthosis
260 millions of speakers
fr

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epanorthosis
220 millions of speakers
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Epanorthosis
190 millions of speakers
de

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epanorthosis
180 millions of speakers
ja

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epanorthosis
130 millions of speakers
ko

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epanorthosis
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Epanorthosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

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epanorthosis
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

epanorthosis
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एपोनोथोसिस
75 millions of speakers
tr

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epanorthosis
70 millions of speakers
it

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epanorthosis
65 millions of speakers
pl

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epanorthosis
50 millions of speakers
uk

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epanorthosis
40 millions of speakers
ro

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epanorthosis
30 millions of speakers
el

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epanorthosis
15 millions of speakers
af

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epanorthosis
14 millions of speakers
sv

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epanorthosis
10 millions of speakers
no

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epanorthosis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epanorthosis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPANORTHOSIS»

Discover the use of epanorthosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epanorthosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z
Epanorthosis Speeding through space, speeding through heaven and the stars, Speeding amid the seven satellites and the broad ring, and the diameter of eighty thousand miles, Speeding with tail'd meteors, throwing fire-balls like the rest ...
Bernard Marie Dupriez, Albert W. Halsall, 1991
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The Development of Shakespeare's Rhetoric: A Study of Nine Plays
While the overall frequency of all forty-three figures does not quite equal that of earlier works, some devices are comparatively frequent, for example epanorthosis, the figure of correction. In the eloquent description of the storm, Ariel reports ...
Stefan Daniel Keller, 2009
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Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in ...
With a Variety of Rules to Escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in Composition Thomas Gibbons. CHAPTER IV. The Epanorthosis considered. § i. The definition of the Epanorthosis. § 2. Ex~ amples from Milton, ...
Thomas Gibbons, 1767
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Epanorthosis Abo Perspektiwa
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control.
Kasiian Sakovych, 2009
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Calvin's commentary on Seneca's De clementia / with introd., ...
On epanorthosis see further Julius Rufinianus, De Schem. Lex., "epanorthosis," p . 53, lines 1-3: "Epanorthosis est, cum supradictum verbum verbo sequenti corrigitur, ut, Non subripere, hoc est furari. Latine dicitur correctio." Another example is ...
Ford Lewis Battles, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ford Lewis Battles, 1969
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in ...
to height, is nearly the same throughout : but the second member assumes a much stronger and firmer, though rather lower tone, and necessarily ends with the rising inflexion. Epanorthdsis. Epanorthosis, or Correction, is a figure by which we ...
John Walker, 1801
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The Writings of Robert Harrison and Robert Browne
What should I write of their Epiphonema, of their Aposiopesis, and Epanorthosis, For by these, if a graue or greater matter bee vttered, they followe it with an after crie, and a weaker speache they followe with a call backe, or make amendes: ...
Albert Peel, Leland Carlson, 2004
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Divine eloquence: or, An essay upon the tropes and figures ...
... the people, - with k'one voice, conspire in this acclamation, he hath done all things well; he' maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to soeak. Mark 7. 37. EPANORTHOSIS. Epanorthosis, from a Greek word signifying to correct or amend.
Cornelius Norwood, 1792
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Dictionary of Rhetorical Terms
... EpanorthosisEpanorthosis –Traductio – Syncrisis – Martyria – Assumptio – Epanorthosis – Syncrisis – Correctio –Assumptio – Anamnesis – EpanorthosisEpanorthosis – Alliteration – Brachylogia . . . Study Summary: By this method one  ...
Gregory T. Howard, 2010
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Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase
Galsworthy The epanorthosis became a dominant technique in the later work of Henry James, as it was useful to convey that complexity ofconsciousness which fascinated him. “He would have, strangely enough, as it might seem to him, ...
Arthur Quinn, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPANORTHOSIS»

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I'm sorry, I'll say that again – the rhetorical trick of metanoia
... rhetorical devices for creating the illusion of spontaneity in a prepared speech is called metanoia (also known as correctio and epanorthosis) ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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