antanaclasis

Etymology

Gk. anti "against" or "back," ana "up" and klasis "a breaking" from kla "to break"

Synonyms, partial synonyms, and alternate spellings

anaclasis, antistasis, refractio, word-clashing

Definition

At least two uses of the same word with different senses, or of at least two mutual homonyms.

I accept not all Trump voters are racist, but the racists did vote for Trump. (Hasan 2016:15:50)

Hasan, Mehdi. 2016. “Noam Chomsky on the New Trump Era - UpFront Special,” November.

antanaclasis
    antanaclasis 1
    antanaclasis 2
anadiplosis
antanametabole
polyptoton