Meanings
- rhetoricuncountableThe rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.
This long sequence skilfully deploys the rhetorical tropes of procatalepsis and concessio, pre-emption and concession: that is, they concede the accuracy of certain classic attacks on communism, but in ways that redound on their opponents.
2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLCSynonyms: concession
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.
Origin
- Latinconcessiō
- Englishconcessio
Learned borrowing from Latin concessiō. Doublet of concession.
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concessio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concessio
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