💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apologeticism"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| apologetic proverbnoun | Synonym of Wellerism. |
| fauxpologynoun | (slang) Synonym of non-apology. |
| apophlegmatismnoun | (obsolete) The action of apophlegmatics. |
| notpologynoun | Synonym of non-apology. |
| apolognoun | Alternative form of apologue. [A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.] |
| procatalepsisnoun | (rhetoric) A rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments. |
| apologuenoun | A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable. |
| apodictismnoun | (uncountable, rare) Apodictic character, tendency, or pretension. |
| apophatismnoun | (theology) A theory of approaching knowledge of God through negative rather than positive assertions. |
| apophasisnoun | (rhetoric) An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned. |
| anthypophoranoun | (rhetoric) A device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it. |
| pleanoun | An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty. |
| addubitationnoun | (rhetoric) aporia |
| cataphasisnoun | The use of positive statements to affirm the truth of something |
| apodioxisnoun | (rhetoric, obsolete) Emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition. |
| aparithmesisnoun | (rhetoric) The enumeration of parts or particulars. |
| argumentum ad passionesnoun | (rhetoric) An appeal or argument intended to convince the listener(s) by agitating the emotions, rather than by appealing to sober judgment. |
| apocrisisnoun | (rhetoric, formal, rare) rescript; technical response |
| argumentumnoun | (chiefly formal, in law, logic, etc.) Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”. |
| apodixisnoun | Full demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof. |
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