parrhesia
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parrhesia
Is this ancient Greek word still in use in rhetoric? It means to speak candidly or to ask forgiveness to speak candidly.
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Re: parrhesia
Perhaps in rarefied scholarly circles of rhetoricians, but I expect not anywhere else.
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