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noun
A figure in which the speaker blames or reproaches oneself beforehand in order to secure the attention or favor of the audience; a form of protherapeia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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History
From Ancient Greek προεπίπληξις (proepíplēxis, “blaming beforehand”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἐπίπληξις (epíplēxis, “blame, reproof”).
