| Figure Name | antistasis |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | refractio, antanaclasis |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic Syntactic |
| Definition |
The repetition of a word in a contrary sense. Often, simply synonymous with antanaclasis. |
| Example | |
| Kind Of | Repetition Symmetry Opposition |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | figures of repetition |
| Notes | |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Allan McDougall |