ALL meanings of chiasmus
chi·as·mus
C c - noun chiasmus reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases 3
- noun chiasmus inversion of the second of two parallel phrases, clauses, etc. (Ex.: she went to Paris; to New York went he) 3
- noun chiasmus A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form ; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’. 1
- noun plural chiasmus a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”. 1
- noun chiasmus (rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases. 0