concessio en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kənˈsɛsi.əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kənˈsɛsi.oʊ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin concessiō. Doublet of concession.
Meanings
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(rhetoric, uncountable) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.
This long sequence skilfully deploys the rhetorical tropes of procatalepsis and concessio, pre-emption and concession: that is, they concede the accuracy of certain classic attacks on communism, but in ways that redound on their opponents.
2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC: