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proepiplexis

proepiplexis noun: a figure in which the speaker blames or reproaches oneself beforehand in order to secure the attention or favor of the audience; a form of protherapeia.

Noun

proepiplexis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure in which the speaker blames or reproaches oneself beforehand in order to secure the attention or favor of the audience; a form of protherapeia.

Origin of proepiplexis

From Ancient Greek προεπίπληξις (proepíplēxis, “blaming beforehand”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἐπίπληξις (epíplēxis, “blame, reproof”).

Questions about proepiplexis

What does proepiplexis mean?
Proepiplexis means a figure in which the speaker blames or reproaches oneself beforehand in order to secure the attention or favor of the audience; a form of protherapeia.
What part of speech is proepiplexis?
Proepiplexis is a noun.

Words near proepiplexis in the dictionary

  1. proenzyms
  2. proepicardia
  3. proepicardial
  4. proepicardium
  5. proepileptic
  6. proepiplexis
  7. proepisternal
  8. proepisternum
  9. proepithelin
  10. proepithelins
  11. proepizeuxis

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