a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
Origin: 1580–90; < ML < Gk anakoínōsis, equiv. to anakoinō-, var. s. of anakoinoûn to impart (ana-ana-+ koinoûn to make common, deriv. of koinósceno-2) + -sis-sis
[an-uh-si-noh-sis] 
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