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anaphora

Summary

anaphora is a stylistic device[1]. anaphora draws 881 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #33 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • anaphora's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • anaphora is the opposite of epistrophe[4].
  • anaphora's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • anaphora's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[6].
  • anaphora's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • anaphora's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[8].
  • anaphora's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[9].
  • anaphora's different from is recorded as Anaphora[10].

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Definition and Type

anaphora's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3]. anaphora is the opposite of epistrophe[4].

Why It Matters

anaphora draws 881 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #33 of 107).[2] anaphora has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] anaphora is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → epistrophe
    Instance of → stylistic device
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Anaphora
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294863805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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