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chiasmus

reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases, used as a rhetorical figure
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chiasmus

Summary

chiasmus is a stylistic device[1]. chiasmus draws 1,033 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #19 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • chiasmus's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • chiasmus is a type of stylistic device[4].
  • chiasmus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • chiasmus's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[6].
  • chiasmus's different from is recorded as chiasmus[7].

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Definition and Type

chiasmus's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3]. chiasmus is a type of stylistic device[4].

Why It Matters

chiasmus draws 1,033 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #19 of 107).[2] chiasmus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → stylistic device
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    Subclass of → stylistic device
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