catacosmesis

== 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (descending series): anticlimax (temporal series): chronological order, arrangement, etc. (ascending series): climax ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “descending series”): climax