FromAncient Greekἀναφορά(anaphorá,“a carrying back”), fromἀνά(aná,“up”) +φέρω(phérō,“I carry”).
- IPA(key): /ænəˈfɔɹə/,/ənˈæfəɹə/
anaphora (countable anduncountable,pluralanaphorasoranaphora)
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- They didn't speak. They didn't stand. They didn't even look up when I came in.
- “Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!”
- Shakespeare,King John (II i.)
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| Examples (expression referring to a preceding expression) |
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- That's John's car.He [referring to "John"] won't want to see you sitting onit [referring to the car].
- John had a drink. Sodid [referring to "had a drink"] Mark.
- John had been feeling rather dehydrated. Mark was even moreso [referring to "dehydrated"].
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- (rhetoric) Therepetition of aphrase at the beginning of phrases,sentences, orverses, used foremphasis.
- Antonyms:epiphora,epistrophe
[1835, L[arret] Langley,A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate,→OCLC,page73:Anaphora elegantly begins
With the same word or phrase successive lines.]
- (linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
- Antonym:cataphora
- Hypernym:endophora
- Coordinate terms:exophora,homophora
- (Christianity) The most solemn part of theDivine Liturgy or theMass during which theofferings of bread and wine areconsecrated as body and blood ofChrist.
- Synonym:Eucharistic Prayer
- Meronyms:epiclesis,preface,Sanctus,sursum corda
- In linguistics, the termsanaphor andanaphora are sometimes used interchangeably, although in some theories, a distinction is made between them. Seethe Wikipedia article.
repetition of a phrase used for emphasis
linguistics: An expression that can refer to virtually any referent
linguistics: expression that refers to another expression
anaphora
- plural ofanaphor
anaphora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia