Accismus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ækˈsɪzməs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Accismus is a noun meaning (rhetoric) The feigning of disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
Meaning
(rhetoric) The feigning of disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
Example Sentences
The keen eye of the ancient comedians detected this weakness in Athenian demagogues who declined office with a view to making their election surer, and Philippides gave it the name accismus.
On this account, mothers, fathers, men, and even youths, are their best companions; on the contrary, girls connected with other girls of a similar age, as in schools, provoke one another to an exchange of foibles, rather than of excellences, to a love of dress, admiration, and gossip, even to the forgetting of accismus.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include feigning, play-acting, abusio, hypocricy, feint, apery.
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