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Definitions for Aposiopesis
[1] a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
[2] rhetoric the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
Words related to Aposiopesis
allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor
Words nearby Aposiopesis
aporepressor, aporia, aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory, apostasy, apostate, apostatize, apostaxis
Origin of Aposiopesis
1570–80; < Late Latin < Greek: literally, a full silence, equivalent to aposiōpē- (verbid stem of aposiōpáein to be fully silent; apo- apo- + siōpáein to be silent) + -sis -sis
Other words from Aposiopesis
ap·o·si·o·pet·ic [ap-uh -sahy-uh -pet -ik] /ˌæp əˌsaɪ əˈpɛt ɪk/ , adjective
Word origin for Aposiopesis
C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from aposiōpaein to be totally silent, from siōpaein to be silent
Synonyms for Aposiopesis
adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking