'Epiplexis' definitions:
Definition of 'epiplexis'
(from WordNet)
noun
A rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them
Definition of 'Epiplexis'
From: GCIDE
- Epiplexis \Ep`i*plex"is\, n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + ? to strike.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding. [1913 Webster]