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English
Etymology
From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”).
Noun
catacosmesis (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
- (rhetoric) A descending order from best, greatest, etc. to worst, lowest, etc.
- (rhetoric) A chronological order from first to last.
- (rhetoric, obsolete, imprecise) An ascending order from worst, lowest, etc. to best, greatest, etc; a climax.
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “descending series”): climax