Usually means: Reversal of structure in phrases.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. chiasmus: Merriam-Webster
  2. chiasmus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chiasmus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chiasmus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chiasmus: Vocabulary.com
  6. chiasmus: Wordnik
  7. chiasmus: Wiktionary
  8. chiasmus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. chiasmus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Chiasmus, chiasmus: Dictionary.com
  11. Chiasmus (cipher), Chiasmus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Chiasmus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. chiasmus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. chiasmus: Rhymezone
  15. Chiasmus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. chiasmus: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. chiasmus: FreeDictionary.org
  18. chiasmus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. chiasmus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. chiasmus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. Chiasmus: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  3. Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (No longer online)
  4. Chiasmus: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
  5. CHIASMUS: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chiasmus: A Word A Day
  2. chiasmus: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chiasmus: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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noun:  (rhetoric) An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases.

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