Figure Name | inter se pugnantia |
Source | Silva Rhetoricae |
Earliest Source | None |
Synonyms | |
Etymology | None |
Type | Chroma |
Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
Definition |
Using direct address to reprove someone before an audience, pointing out the contradictions in that person's character, often between what a person does and says. |
Example |
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? —Romans 2:21 |
Kind Of | Identity Opposition |
Part Of | |
Related Figures | apostrophe, figures of pathos |
Notes | |
Confidence | None |
Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
Confidence | None |
Editorial Notes | added related figure |
Reviewed | Yes |
Reviewer | Ashley Rose Kelly |