anacoenosis

anacoenosis
/an'euh si noh"sis/, n., pl. anacoenoses /-seez/. Rhet.
a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
[1580-90; < ML < Gk anakoínosis, equiv. to anakoino-, var. s. of anakoinoûn to impart (ana- ANA- + koinoûn to make common, deriv. of koinós CENO-2) + -sis -SIS]

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