erotesis
American
[er-uh-tee-sis]
/ ˌɛr əˈti sɪs /
noun
Rhetoric.
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Etymology
Origin of erotesis
First recorded in 1650–60; from New Latin, from Greek erṓtēsis “questioning, interrogation, proposition,” verbal noun from erōtân “to ask, question”
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