Antirrhesis (an-tir-rhee’-sis): Rejecting reprehensively the opinion or authority of someone.
I reject your point of view–it’s based on the belief that people cannot be trusted to govern themselves. If people cannot be trusted to govern themselves, who is going to govern them? Cows? Caterpillars? Coyotes? Hoot owls? Earthworms? How can we trust a person who claims that people can’t be trusted? Certainly, I don’t trust you–not because you’re a person, but because you’re a fool.
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Definition courtesy of Silva Rhetoricae (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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