anadiplosis.

Repetition of the end of one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next.

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Words that belong together

• a chain of anadiplosis
• rhetorical anadiplosis

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‘A rumor became a warning; a warning became an order’ used anadiplosis.

The writer’s anadiplosis made one consequence seem to generate the next.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.