paromologia

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noun

A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

“Refusing to admit the grain of truth in their opponents' arguments is how they squandered their own political power; a smart amount of paromologia might have preserved it.”

OriginAncient Greek παρομολογία →
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Meanings

nounparomologia (uncountable)

alternative paromology

  1. rhetoricuncountableA concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

    Refusing to admit the grain of truth in their opponents' arguments is how they squandered their own political power; a smart amount of paromologia might have preserved it.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαρομολογία“partial admission”
  2. Englishparomologia

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

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Translations

Tagalog paraya
  • parayaconcession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument
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APA

paromologia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paromologia

MLA

“paromologia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paromologia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paromologia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paromologia.

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