In rhetoric, a figure of speech where one speaker makes a statement and the other responds with a contrary assertion or counterargument.
From Greek 'anti-' (against) + 'apoche' (a recess or withdrawal). This rare rhetorical term describes the back-and-forth of contradictory statements in dialogue.
This is such an obscure rhetorical term that even English teachers barely know it—but you've heard antapocha in debates where one person says something and the other immediately contradicts them!
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