Usually means: Frank, unreserved speech; candid truthfulness.
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  1. parrhesia: Merriam-Webster
  2. parrhesia: Collins English Dictionary
  3. parrhesia: Wordnik
  4. parrhesia: Wiktionary
  5. Parrhesia: Dictionary.com
  6. Parrhesia (journal), Parrhesia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Parrhesia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. parrhesia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Parrhesia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. parrhesia: FreeDictionary.org
  11. parrhesia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. parrhesia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parrhesia)

▸ noun:  (rhetoric) boldness or freedom in speech

Similar:
parlance, liberty of speech, parenesis, parainesis, oratory, epirrhema, philophronesis, speechcraft, reticence, enterparlance, more...

Opposite:
euphemism, censorship, self-censorship

Adjectives:
socratic, ethical, greek, political, sive, philosophical, democratic, such, perfect

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Similar:
parlance, liberty of speech, parenesis, parainesis, oratory, epirrhema, philophronesis, speechcraft, reticence, enterparlance, more...

Opposite:
euphemism, censorship, self-censorship

Adjectives:
socratic, ethical, greek, political, sive, philosophical, democratic, such, perfect



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