auxesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Overstatement, hyperbole.
Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
The condition of being auxetic

auxesis auxeses

From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).

amplification amplificatio spin hyperbole climax

antonym(s) of catacosmesis merisis meiosis

tachyauxesis heterauxesis pleonasm

auxetic auxetically

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