anthypophora

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English

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?]; see ant-, hypophora. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

anthypophora (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) A device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it.

See also

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