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单词 peritrope
释义

peritropen.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɪtrəpi/, U.S. /pəˈrɪtrəpi/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek περιτροπή.
Etymology: < ancient Greek περιτροπή turning round, revolution, in Hellenistic Greek also turning an opponent's arguments against himself or herself < περι- peri- prefix + τροπή (see trope n.).
rare before late 20th cent.
A revolution, a circuit; a thing with a circular nature; = peristrophe n.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]
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lope14..
revolution?a1439
reverse?1492
metamorphosis1548
transformation1581
earthquake1592
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peritropea1656
transilience1657
transiliency1661
saltus1665
catastrophe1696
peristrophe1716
transiliency1769
upheaving1821
upset1822
saltation1844
shake1847
upheaval1850
cataclysm1861
shake-out1939
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a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 600 This Peritrope is worth the observation, That on the same day of the same moneth, that the Temple should happen to be taken, and that after 543 years by Pompey.
1976 Philos. Rev. 85 48 Here peritrope is used to denominate a kind or type of argument, of which Protagoras' self-refutation is just one specimen.
1994 Rhetoric Rev. 13 84 Gorgias did not seriously believe that nothing exists, for to so assert would leave him vulnerable to the peritrope of turning the tables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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