| apodioxis | |
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Gk. apo, "away" and diokein, "to pursue" ("a chasing away") |
| abominatio, detestatio, rejectio, reiectio | |
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Rejecting of someone or something (such as the adversary's argument) as being impertinent, needless, absurd, false, or wicked. | |
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| Sources: | Melanch. IR d3r-d4v ("reiectio" "apodioxis"); Peacham (1577) S4r | |
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