epanorthosis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm. rhetoric
    — Epanorthosis oft a phrase corrects, And feeble words, for stronger terms, rejects.

词形变化

epanorthoses plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐπανόρθωσις (epanórthōsis, “correction”).
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