Etymology

paromologia

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Today it means: A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument. Full definition →

Ancient Greek παρομολογία
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπαρομολογία“partial admission”
  2. English todayparomologia

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

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