anacoenosis

[ an-uh-si-noh-sis ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

, plural an·a·coe·no·ses [an-, uh, -si-, noh, -seez].

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anacoenosis¹

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