anacephalaeosis
anacephalaeosis noun: a brief restatement or repetition of the principal heads or main points of an argument or discourse; a recapitulation, especially as used in the peroration to refresh the audience's memory and reinforce the argument.
Noun
anacephalaeosis (uncountable)
- A brief restatement or repetition of the principal heads or main points of an argument or discourse; a recapitulation, especially as used in the peroration to refresh the audience's memory and reinforce the argument.
- […] anacephalaeosis, analogy and apomnemonysis to demonstrate his authority : (1) anacephalaeosis, a recapitulation of what has been said: "there must bee contrition, before there will be an inhabition of Christ in the soule"; (2) analogy […]1972, David Mark Stevens, John Cotton and Thomas Hooker: The Rhetoric of the Holy Spirit, page 118
Origin of anacephalaeosis
From Ancient Greek ἀνακεφαλαίωσις (anakephalaíōsis, “recapitulation”), from ἀνακεφαλαιόω (anakephalaióō, “to sum up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up, again”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Questions about anacephalaeosis
- What does anacephalaeosis mean?
- Anacephalaeosis means a brief restatement or repetition of the principal heads or main points of an argument or discourse; a recapitulation, especially as used in the peroration to refresh the audience's memory and reinforce the argument.
- What part of speech is anacephalaeosis?
- Anacephalaeosis is a noun.
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