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Antipassive voice

British pronunciation/ˌantɪpˈasɪv vˈɔɪs/
American pronunciation/ˌæntɪpˈæsɪv vˈɔɪs/
Antipassive voice
[NOUN]
1

a grammatical construction that alters a transitive verb by omitting or demoting the object, shifting the focus to the subject and emphasizing the action or the subject's involvement

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