💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hypobole"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthypophoranoun | (rhetoric) A device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it. |
| antanagogenoun | (rhetoric) Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge. |
| addubitationnoun | (rhetoric) aporia |
| hypophoranoun | (rhetoric) a figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question. |
| paromologianoun | (rhetoric) Concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument. |
| 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. |
| hypotyposisnoun | (rhetoric) A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events. |
| bdelygmianoun | (rhetoric) A litany of invective criticism. |
| ecbolenoun | (rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words. |
| paromologynoun | Alternative form of paromologia. [(rhetoric) Concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.] |
| apodioxisnoun | (rhetoric, obsolete) Emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition. |
| mesodiplosisnoun | (rhetoric) The repetition of terms within successive sentences |
| elenchusnoun | (rhetoric) A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point. |
| abominationoun | (rhetoric) Bdelygmia. |
| paremptosisnoun | A sudden and significant drop in blood pressure, often leading to fainting or syncope. |
| hypostrophenoun | (rhetoric) The use of insertion or parenthesis. |
| epiplexisnoun | (rhetoric) A rhetorical device where a sequence of rhetorical questions is used to criticise or blame, or more generally, to elicit an emotional response. |
| hysteron proteronnoun | (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology. |
| parembolenoun | (rhetoric) A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period. |
| agnominationnoun | (rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another |
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