Hypobole Definition

noun

(rhetoric) A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favour of the opposing side, and then they are refuted one by one.

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Origin of Hypobole

  • Ancient Greek a throwing under, a suggesting.

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