auxesis

Meaning

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
2. (countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
3. (countable, uncountable) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
4. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being auxetic

Synonyms

accretion

accumulation

boost

buildup

escalation

growing

growth

increase

vegetation

juvenescence

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).