anacoenosis

American  

[an-uh-si-noh-sis] / ˌæn ə sɪˈnoʊ sɪs /

noun

Rhetoric.

PLURAL

anacoenoses

1. a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.

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Etymology

Origin of anacoenosis

1580–90; < Medieval Latin < Greek anakoínōsis, equivalent to anakoinō-, variant stem of anakoinoûn to impart ( ana- ana- + koinoûn to make common, derivative of koinós ceno- ² ) + -sis -sis