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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Derived terms

• parrhesiastic

Translations

boldness or freedom in speech

• French: parrhésie (fr) f
• Italian: parresia (it) f