thaumasmus

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English[edit]

Examples (rhetoric)

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin, from Ancient Greek θαυμασμός (thaumasmós, a wondering).

Noun[edit]

thaumasmus (countable and uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.