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Webster 1913 Edition


Accismus


Ac-cis′mus

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
(Rhet.)
Affected refusal; coyness.

Definition 2024


accismus

accismus

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Noun

accismus

  1. (rhetoric) Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.

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