Antistrophe

Origin

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophe, "turning about").

Full definition of antistrophe

Noun

1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
2. (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
3. (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
4. The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Related terms

• antistrophic

Anagrams

• nastrophite
• Thesprotian