Sust. FEM. 1. Retrospective passage that breaks chronological sequence of a literary work. Synonym: anacronía. Antonym: prolepsis. 2. Insistent repetition of a word in a text, speech or advertisement. Is derived from the Greek "Ana": again, and «léepsis»: Dam, takes. Synonyms: anaphora, epízeuxis, palilogía. Antonyms: ellipsis, zeugma. 3. In the Orthodox religion, Ascension of Christ ( to heaven ). Of «análeepsis»: Ascension, resumption.
