apodioxis

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Examples (rhetoric)
The Republican proposal is as heartless as we would expect. The Democrats cannot be taken seriously on military matters.

From Latin, from ἀποδίωξις (apodiōksis), from Ancient Greek ἀποδιώκειν (apodiōkein, “to drive away”)

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apodioxis

(rhetoric, obsolete) Emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition.