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Apodixis vs Apodioxis - What's the difference?

apodixis | apodioxis |

As nouns the difference between apodixis and apodioxis

is that apodixis is supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge while apodioxis is emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition.

apodixis

English

Noun

  • (rhetoric) Supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge.

    • See also

    * ("apodixis" on Wikipedia)

    apodioxis

    English

    Noun

  • (rhetoric, obsolete) Emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition.