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noun
A rhetorical device in which a threat of retribution (especially of divine punishment) is made in response to wrongdoing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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Synonyms: commination
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek κατάπληξις (katáplēxis, “amazement, consternation”), from καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō, “to amaze, astound”).
