parrhesia

See also: Parrhesia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρρησία (parrhēsía), from πᾶν (pân, all) (English pan-) + ῥῆσις (rhêsis), ῥῆμα (rhêma, utterance, speech).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈriːziə/, /pəˈriːʒə/

Noun

parrhesia (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) boldness or freedom in speech
    • 2016, Britta Timm Knudsen, Carsten Stage, Affective Methodologies, page 29:
      Anderson suggests that the centrality of ethos is incorporated into Foucault's description of the philosopher as truth-teller in his concept of parrhesia, as well as in the debate he had with Jürgen Habermas in relation to power and communication.

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