parrhesia

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/pəˈriːziə//pəˈriːʒə/

noun

boldness or freedom in speech

OriginAncient Greek παρρησία →
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Meanings

nounparrhesia (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableboldness or freedom in speech

    Anderson suggests that the centrality of ethos is incorporated into Foucault's description of the philosopher as truth-teller in his concept of parrhesia, as well as in the debate he had with Jürgen Habermas in relation to power and communication.

    2016, Britta Timm Knudsen, Carsten Stage, Affective Methodologies, page 29

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαρρησία
  2. Englishparrhesia

From Ancient Greek παρρησία (parrhēsía), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (English pan-) + ῥῆσις (rhêsis), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “utterance, speech”).

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Translations

French parrhésie
  • parrhésieboldness or freedom in speech
Italian parresia
  • parresiaboldness or freedom in speech
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