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paromologia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paro-molo-gia
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρομολογία (paromología, “partial admission”), from παρα- (para-) + ὁμολογία (homología).

Usage

Inflected Forms

paromology (alternative)

Phrases

acknowledge the corn elephant in the room emperor's new clothes gorilla in the room kernel of truth

Frequently Paired Words

acknowledge the corn elephant in the room emperor's new clothes gorilla in the room kernel of truth

Questions

What does paromologia mean?
A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
Where does paromologia come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρομολογία (paromología, “partial admission”), from παρα- (para-) + ὁμολογία (homología).

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