hypophora

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
And consider Homer's eccentric (or perhaps dyslexic?) use of hypophora (raising questions and answering them): "What's a wedding?

View all »
Definitions (1)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

  1. In rhetoric, the statement of an opponent's objection or of an argument which might be urged against the speaker's or writer's position. The hypophora is followed by the answer or counter-argument, called the anthypophora. Hypophora and anthypophora frequently take the form of a series of questions and answers. The word hypophora has accordingly been used sometimes as equivalent to eperotesis.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

Examples (1)

  • And consider Homer's eccentric (or perhaps dyslexic?) use of hypophora (raising questions and answering them): "What's a wedding? —  About Today
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 169 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Late Latin, from Greek ὑποφορά, a putting under, subjoining, hypophora, from ὑποφέρειν,- carry away under, put under, subjoin, from ὑπό, under, + φέρειν = English bear.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

digitizing · exagerate · synthetic · Storming · unchallenging

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies · silence