hyperzeuxis

noun

hyperzeuxis

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”)

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Rhetoric The opposite of hypozeuxis; a figure in which multiple clauses share a single subject or predicate, often considered a form of zeugma or syllepsis.

Related terms
hypozeuxis, zeugma, syllepsis

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