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Webster 1913 Edition
Antanagoge
‖
Antˊan-a-go′ge
,Noun.
[Pref.
anti-
+ anagoge
.] (Rhet.)
A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antanagoge
ANTANAGO'GE
,Noun.
In rhetoric, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other crime.
Definition 2024
antanagoge
antanagoge
English
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He makes many good points, but he makes them disagreeably. |
Noun
antanagoge (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge.
- (rhetoric) Offsetting a proposition with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing.
Translations
answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge
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See also
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antanagoge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Noun
antanagoge f (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) antanagoge (answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge)