epanorthosis

1. 1.

   immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification

   “Seems, madam! Nay, it is”

   Broaderrhetorical device

Other forms of epanorthosis

plural

epanorthosises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about epanorthosis

What does epanorthosis mean?

epanorthosis means "immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification".

How many syllables are in epanorthosis?

epanorthosis has 5 syllables: e-pa-nor-tho-sis. The stress falls on "nor".

Is epanorthosis a common word?

epanorthosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.