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anapodoton

anapodoton

English

Noun

anapodoton (countable and uncountable, plural anapodota)

Examples (anapodoton)

If you only knew …
When in Rome
If the shoe fits
When the cat's away

  1. (uncountable, rhetoric) The rhetorical device in which a main clause is implied by a subordinate clause, without mention.
  2. (countable, rhetoric) An instance of anapodoton.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • anantapodoton

See also

  • aposiopesis
  • Appendix:English examples of anapodoton
  • Appendix:Glossary of rhetorical terms