anacoenosis

American

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

noun

Rhetoric.

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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

anacoenoses

plural

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

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