paromologia
/ˌparəməˈləʊdʒɪə/(also paramologia, paromology) Rhetoric
noun
The figure of partial admission; a strategy in debate in which minor points are conceded to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own position.
Origin
Late 16th century. From Hellenistic Greek παρομολογία partial admission, a rhetorical figure (recorded as a Greek word in classical Latin authors) from ancient Greek παρα- + ὁμολογία.
- fitness fanatic
- fitness suite
- fitness test
- fitness training
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- fit-out
- fit someone like a glove
- fit someone/thing in (or into)
- fit someone/thing out (or up)
- fit someone up
- fitted
- fitted sheet
- fitter
- fit the bill
- fitting
- fittingly
- fittingness
- fitting room
- fitting shop
- Fittipaldi, Emerson
- fit to be tied
- fit to bust
- fit-up
- Fitzgerald, Barry
- FitzGerald contraction