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αποστροφή — meaning in English

apostrofi

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English meaning

  • apostrophe noun The punctuation mark ( ' ) used to show possession or mark missing letters in a contraction.
  • aversion noun A strong feeling of dislike or unwillingness toward something.

Senses

αποστροφή is used for these senses in English:

  • apostrophe (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
  • aversion Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
  • aversion (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

apostrophe — full definition

  1. noun The punctuation mark ( ' ) used to show possession or mark missing letters in a contraction.
  2. noun A literary device in which a speaker addresses someone or something absent, dead, or non-human.

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