antistrophon en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀντίστροφος (antístrophos, “turned towards each other”), from στρέφω (stréphō).
Meanings
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(obsolete, rhetoric) A counterargument as a retort
Now that he may know what it is to be a Childe, and yet to meddle with edg'd tooles, I turn his Antiſtrophon upon his own head;
1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 175:
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Translations (1)
tl gantimatwid (an argument retorted on an opponent)