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- [puh-rab-uh-sis]
- /pəˈræb ə sɪs/
- /pˌarəbˈɑːsiz/
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- [puh-rab-uh-sis]
- /pəˈræb ə sɪs/
Definitions of parabasis word
- noun plural parabasis (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play. 1
- noun parabasis (in classical Greek comedy) an address from the chorus to the audience 0
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Origin of parabasis
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
1810-20; < Greek parábasis a going aside, digression; see para-1, basis
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Parts of speech for Parabasis
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
parabasis popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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