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anacoenosis

anacoenosis noun: a rhetorical device by which a speaker appeals to their hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point or matter in debate.

Noun

anacoenosis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device by which a speaker appeals to their hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point or matter in debate.
    • The pronunciation of this speech will derive its greatest beauty from an attention to the Anacoenosis, beginning at the eleventh line.1785, John Walker, A rhetorical grammar, or course of lessons in elocution, page 179
    • Anacœnosis, sympathy to wake,
      Bids us another's case our own to make.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Anacoenosis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 67

anacoenosis meaning in Tagalog

anacoenosis in Tagalog

Translations
hikuro

Origin of anacoenosis

From Ancient Greek ἀνακοίνωσις (anakoínōsis).

Questions about anacoenosis

What does anacoenosis mean?
Anacoenosis means a rhetorical device by which a speaker appeals to their hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point or matter in debate.
What is anacoenosis in Tagalog?
Anacoenosis in Tagalog is hikuro. See Anacoenosis meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is anacoenosis?
Anacoenosis is a noun.

Words near anacoenosis in the dictionary

  1. anaclisis
  2. anaclitic
  3. anaclitically
  4. anaclitism
  5. anaclitisms
  6. anacoenosis
  7. anacolouth
  8. anacoloutha
  9. anacolouthic
  10. anacolouthistic
  11. anacolouthon

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