apodioxis  apodioxis
Definition bullet
 ap-o-di-ox'-is from Gk. apo, "away" and diokein,
"to pursue" ("a chasing away")
abominatio, detestatio, rejectio, reiectio

Definition bullet Rejecting of someone or something (such as the adversary's argument) as being impertinent, needless, absurd, false, or wicked.
Examples
Related Figures
Related Topics of Invention
See Also
 
  Sources: Primary sources Melanch. IR d3r-d4v ("reiectio" "apodioxis"); Peacham (1577) S4r


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University
Please cite "Silva Rhetoricae" (rhetoric.byu.edu)


Trees | SILVA RHETORICAE | Flowers