What is another word for Synchysis?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪnkəsˌɪs] (IPA)

Synchysis is a rhetorical device that entails interchanging words in a sentence to create a specific stylistic effect. Some of the synonyms for Synchysis include anastrophe, hyperbaton, scrambled writing, and jumbled syntax. Anastrophe connotes the inversion of the expected grammatical order of a sentence. Hyperbaton implies the separation of terms that naturally belong together in a sentence. Scrambled writing refers to writing that has confusing sentence structures. Finally, jumbled syntax denotes the disordered manner in which words occur in a sentence. While these synonyms may have slightly different nuances, they all refer to a rearrangement of words in a sentence to achieve a specific stylistic or rhetorical purpose.

What are the hypernyms for Synchysis?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Synchysis

By some authors, this has been improperly identified with Hyper'baton, or elegant inversion; as may be seen under the word Synchysis in Littleton's Dictionary, or in Holmes's Rhetoric, at page 58th.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown
Synchysis, what was so termed by some of the ancients; is different from hyperbaton; its import in gram.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown
The construction is an unparsable Synchysis, a vile snarl, which no grammarian should hesitate to condemn.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown

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