antistrophe noun. [an'tɪstrǝfi] M16.
[Late Latin from Greek antistrophē, from antistrephein turn against: see ANTI-, STROPHE.]
1. Rhetoric. The repetition of words in inverse order. M16.
2. The returning movement, from left to right, in Greek choruses and dances, answering to the strophe; the lines of choral song recited during this movement; transf. any choral response. E17.
3. An inverse relation or correspondence. E17.

■ antistrophic [-'strǝʊfɪk] noun & adjective (a) noun in pl., the lyrical part of Greek dramas; (b) adjective of or pertaining to antistrophes: E19.

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