Syncrisis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syncrisis \Syn"cri*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a comparison; ?
     together + ? to judge.] (Rhet.)
     A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are
     compared. --Crabb.
     [1913 Webster]