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单词 antanagoge
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antanagogen.

Brit. /anˌtanəˈɡəʊdʒi/, U.S. /ænˈtænəˌɡoʊdʒi/, /ænˈtænəˌɡɑdʒi/
Forms: 1500s antenagoge, 1700s– antanagoge.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: anti- prefix, Greek ἀναγωγή.
Etymology: < anti- prefix + ancient Greek ἀναγωγή anagoge n. Compare post-classical Latin antanagoge (1655 or earlier).
Rhetoric.
A figure of speech in which an undesirable continuation is averted; spec. (a) introduction of a positive modification of, aspect to, or conclusion from an initial negative statement; (b) use of counter-accusation or recrimination to avoid answering a charge, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > figures of refutation
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antanagoge1589
recompenser1589
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antistrophe1630
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 180 Antenagoge, or the Recompencer..seemeth to make amends, for which cause it is called by the originall name in both languages, the Recompencer, as..I must needs say, that my wife is a shrewe, But such a huswife as I know but a fewe.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Antanagoge, in Rhetoric a figure; when, not being able to answer the Adversary's accusation, we return the charge, by loading him with the same Crimes.
1806 W. Burke Greek-Eng. Derivative Dict. Antanagoge, s. in rhet. from the Gr. anti, against, and anago, to take up, a reply to an accusation by way of recrimination.
1838 W. Cramp Philos. of Lang. 212/1 Antanagoge, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary by way of recrimination, as when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or another crime.
1897 Nat. Mag. July 376/1 The force o[f] the antanagoge showed him that an accusation may gain impetus by its rebound.
1989 S. M. Ross Fiction's Inexhaustible Voice iv. 202 We await the positive conclusion of the series of negative alternatives, or we look automatically for the positive ‘but’ element following the ‘not’ in antanagoge.
1996 G. B. Wegemer Thomas More on Statesmanship (1998) ii. v. 93 Morus..mitigates the possibility of the personal offense often engendered by such strong disagreement through the use of the parable, antanagoge, understatement, and litotes.
2010 K. Malesky All Facts Considered ii. v. 90 Antanagoge, giving a positive spin to something difficult. Unknown philosopher: ‘When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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