- anacoenosis
- /an'euh si noh"sis/, n., pl. anacoenoses /-seez/. Rhet.a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
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Anacoenosis — is a figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question to an audience, often with the implication that they share a common interest with the speaker.The term is from the Greek anakoinoun ( to communicate ).Examples* And now, O inhabitants of … Wikipedia
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