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There are 6 words containing RASIS

ANTIPHRASISantiphrasis 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.
CRASIScrasis 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…
ECPHRASISecphrasis n. Alternative spelling of ekphrasis.
ECPHRASIS n. a description of a work of art, possibly imaginary, produced as a rhetorical exercise, also EKPHRASIS.
EKPHRASISekphrasis 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.
METAPHRASISmetaphrasis n. Metaphrase; direct word-for-word translation.
metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; repartee.
METAPHRASIS n. a turning of prose into verse, or verse into prose.
PERIPHRASISperiphrasis 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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