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Synonymia
In
rhetoric
,
synonymia
is the use of several
synonyms
together to amplify or
explain
a given
subject
or term. It is a
kind
of
repetition
that
adds
emotional
force
or
intellectual
clarity
. Synonymia often occurs
in parallel
fashion
.
Example
The
tribune
Marullus
taunts
the
Roman
populace in
Shakespeare's
Julius
Caesar
for their fickleness,
calling
the people
several different
pejorative
names: "You
blocks
, you
stones
, you worse than
senseless
things!"