parrhesia
See also: Parrhesia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek παρρησία (parrhēsía), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (English pan-) + ῥῆσις (rhêsis), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “utterance, speech”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editparrhesia (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) boldness or freedom in speech
- 2016, Britta Timm Knudsen, Carsten Stage, Affective Methodologies, page 29:·
- Anderson suggests that the centrality of ethos is incorporated into Foucault's description of the philosopher as truth-teller in his concept of parrhesia, as well as in the debate he had with Jürgen Habermas in relation to power and communication.