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paromologia

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rhetoric, uncountable

Examples

  • 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.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

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  • Tagalog: paraya — concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument