noun, plural chi·as·mi [kahy-az-mahy]. Rhetoric. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”

What is the plural of chiasmus?

Noun. chiasmus (countable and uncountable, plural chiasmi or chiasmuses)

What are examples of chiasmus?

Chiasmus Examples in Speeches

"Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate." -John F. Kennedy. "We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us." -Winston Churchill. "We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us." -John McCain.