Pronunciation: an'-thi-po'-phor-a
Alternate Spelling: Also sp. antipophora
Latin Synonyms: figure of responce
A figure of reasoning in which one asks and then immediately answers one's own questions (or raises and then settles imaginary objections). Reasoning aloud.
"But there are only three hundred of us," you object. Three hundred, yes, but men, but armed, but Spartans, but at Thermoplyae: I have never seen three hundred so numerous.