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Auxesis (Ancient Greek: αὔξησις, aúxēsis) is the Greek word for "growth" or "increase". In rhetoric, it refers to varying forms of increase:
- hyperbole (overstatement): intentionally overstating a point, its importance, or its significance
- climax (ascending series): a series of clauses of increasing force
- amplification (rhetorical increase): extension or exaggerated, needless repetition of arguments to emphasize the point
See also
- Anticlimax, the opposite of auxesis in its climactic sense
- Catacosmesis, a form of anticlimax
- Figure of speech
- Banter
- Meiosis and litotes, the opposite of auxesis in its hyperbolic sense
- Rhetoric
- Trash-talk, insulting language usually found at sporting events
- Fighting words, language to create a verbal/physical confrontation by their use
- Flaming (Internet)
- Flyting, the exchanging of insults
- Hip hop music
- Profanity
- Sledging (cricket)
- Talking shit
- The dozens
- Wolf-whistling
References
- Encarta World English Dictionary (1999)
- The Times English Dictionary (2000)
- OED 1st edition
- Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University Silva Rhetoricae Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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