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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In rhetoric, a figure which consists in anticipating and refuting objections which might be advanced by an opponent. Also written antihypophora.

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  • noun rhetoric A device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it.

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  • For instance, the figure of anthypophora is the posing of questions that one then immediately answers, e.g.

    Literal Figures of Speech 2005

  • For instance, the figure of anthypophora is the posing of questions that one then immediately answers, e.g.

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

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