auxesis

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”). === Noun === auxesis (countable and uncountable, plural auxeses) (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly (rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole. Antonym: meiosis (rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order. (biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division. 1940 November 9, Nature, 618/1: Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication. (chemistry) The condition of being auxetic ==== Synonyms ==== (rhetorical increase): amplification, amplificatio, (good) spin (overstatement): See hyperbole (ascending series): See climax ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “overstatement”): See understatement (antonym(s) of “ascending series”): See catacosmesis (antonym(s) of “biological”): merisis ==== Derived terms ==== auxetic auxetically ==== Related terms ==== tachyauxesis heterauxesis === See also === pleonasm auxesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia