paromologia en · NOUN
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρομολογία (paromología, “partial admission”), from παρα- (para-) + ὁμολογία (homología).
Meanings
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(rhetoric, uncountable) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
Refusing to admit the grain of truth in their opponents' arguments is how they squandered their own political power; a smart amount of paromologia might have preserved it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paromology | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
kernel of truth · elephant in the room · acknowledge the corn · emperor's new clothes · gorilla in the room
Translations (1)
tl paraya (concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument)