paromology

English

Etymology

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Noun

paromology (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

Synonyms

• (rhetorical concession): paromologia

Translations

a concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument

• Tagalog: paraya
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See also

• acknowledge the corn

References

• “paromology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “paromology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.