antanagoge
English
editExamples (offsetting proposition) |
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He makes many good points, but he makes them disagreeably. |
Etymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνταναγωγή (antanagōgḗ, “a leading or bringing up”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editantanagoge (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge.
- (rhetoric) Offsetting a proposition with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing.
Translations
editanswering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge
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See also
edit- antanagoge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: an‧ta‧na‧go‧ge
Noun
editantanagoge f (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) antanagoge (answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge)
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