parrhesia
/pəˈriːziə/
parrhesia noun: boldness or freedom in speech.
Noun
parrhesia (uncountable)
- boldness or freedom in speech
- 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.2016, Britta Timm Knudsen, Carsten Stage, Affective Methodologies, page 29
Origin of parrhesia
From Ancient Greek παρρησία (parrhēsía), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (English pan-) + ῥῆσις (rhêsis), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “utterance, speech”).
Words formed from parrhesia
Questions about parrhesia
- What does parrhesia mean?
- Parrhesia means boldness or freedom in speech.
- What part of speech is parrhesia?
- Parrhesia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce parrhesia?
- Parrhesia is pronounced /pəˈriːziə/.
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