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chiastic

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[kahy-as-tik] / kaɪˈæs tɪk /

adjective

Rhetoric.

  1. characterized by chiasmus.

Etymology

Origin of chiastic

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

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