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There are 6 words containing RASIS

ANTIPHRASIS	• antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for… • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning.
CRASIS	• crasis n. (Obsolete) One’s constitution; the balance of humours in a person’s body. • crasis n. A mixture or combination. • crasis n. (Linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a…
ECPHRASIS	• ecphrasis n. Alternative spelling of ekphrasis. • ECPHRASIS n. a description of a work of art, possibly imaginary, produced as a rhetorical exercise, also EKPHRASIS.
EKPHRASIS	• ekphrasis n. (Rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork. • EKPHRASIS n. a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art, also ECPHRASIS.
METAPHRASIS	• metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; direct word-for-word translation. • metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; repartee. • METAPHRASIS n. a turning of prose into verse, or verse into prose.
PERIPHRASIS	• periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).

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