English

Alternative forms

• anthimeria

Noun

antimeria ‎(uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) The use of one word class as if it were a member of another, thus altering its meaning.

Translations

References

De Mille, James. The Elements of Rhetoric. Harper & Brothers: 1878 p. 137.Antimeria

Portuguese

Noun

antimeria f (plural antimerias)

1. (rhetoric) antimeria (the use of one word class as if it were a member of another)
2. (biology) antimerism (the division of the body into antimeres)