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chiastic

[ kahy-as-tik ]

adjective

, Rhetoric.
  1. characterized by chiasmus.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chiastic1

1865–70; < Greek chiast ( ós ) diagonally arranged ( chiasma ) + -ic
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Example Sentences

Neither was it a young, buoyantly hopeful Jack Kennedy, though many of the familiar chiastic constructions had been put into the address by Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen.

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