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epiplexis

epip·le·xis

uncommon

noun

1.

a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them

Origin

From Latin epiplexis (“rebuke”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίπληξις (epíplēxis, “rebuke”), from ἐπιπλήσσω (epiplḗssō, “to chastise”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) (see epi-) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).

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