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noun
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
A descending order from best, greatest, etc. to worst, lowest, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
A chronological order from first to last.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
An ascending order from worst, lowest, etc. to best, greatest, etc; a climax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable
Qualifier: imprecise
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History
From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”).
