Diasyrmus
An Introduction to Diasyrmus
Diasyrmus (etymologically from Greek, literally “a tearing in pieces”), is a rhetorical device by which the argument of the adversary is commended in a disdainful manner.
In other words, using disdain to reject the argument of the adversary; this is usually by means of basic similitudeOpens in new window of some ridiculous example, to which the adversary’s argument is compared, and scornfully ridiculed.
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