parabasis

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράβασις (parábasis).

Noun

parabasis (plural parabases)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) The part of an Ancient Greek comedy in which the actors leave the stage and the chorus addresses the audience directly.

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