paromologia
A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argumentA concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
Meaning
1 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)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.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρομολογία (paromología, “partial admission”), fromLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρομολογία (paromología, “partial admission”), from παρα- (para-) + ὁμολογία (homología).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable