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dispositio

dispositio noun: one of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the organization of arguments.

Noun

dispositio (countable and uncountable, plural dispositiones)

  1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the organization of arguments.

Forms of dispositio

pluraldispositiones

Origin of dispositio

Borrowed from Latin dispositio. Doublet of disposition.

Questions about dispositio

What does dispositio mean?
Dispositio means one of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the organization of arguments.
What part of speech is dispositio?
Dispositio is a noun.
What is the plural of dispositio?
The plural of dispositio is dispositiones.

Words near dispositio in the dictionary

  1. disposit
  2. disposited
  3. dispositif
  4. dispositifs
  5. dispositing
  6. dispositio
  7. disposition
  8. disposition bias
  9. disposition biases
  10. disposition effect
  11. disposition effects

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