a statement in which you repeat a phrase in a sentence but with the words in the opposite order. For example ’some people eat to live, and others live to eat’.
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Americanism
chiasmus
noun countable/uncountable linguistics
US /kaɪˈæzməs/
Word Forms
singular
chiasmus
plural
chiasmi
DEFINITIONS1
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a statement in which you repeat a phrase in a sentence but with the words in the opposite order. For example ’some people eat to live, and others live to eat’.