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Definition: ANTANAGOGE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Antanagoge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Antanagoge \Ant`an*a*go"ge\, noun. [Prefix anti- anagoge.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANTANAGOGE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] antanago'gy. In rhetoric, a figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other crime. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: ANTANAGOGE

Antanagoge

An antanagoge (Greek άντναγωγή, a leading or bringing up), is a figure in rhetoric, in which, not being able to answer the accusation of an adversary, a person return the charge, by charging his adversary with the same crimes.

It may also refer to turning a negative view into a positive, such as in the following examples:

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
"Many are the pains and perils to be passed,
But great is the gain and glory at the last."

See also

  • recrimination
  • tu quoque

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