A rhetorical or logical technique where an argument is strengthened by acknowledging and then refuting opposing viewpoints, or in physics, the action of external cold preventing internal heat from rising.
From Greek 'antiperiastasis,' combining 'anti-' (against) and 'periasis' (surrounding). Originally used in classical rhetoric, the term was also borrowed for describing counter-action in physics and meteorology.
Ancient Greek orators discovered that admitting your opponent's best points—then demolishing them—actually makes your argument stronger, not weaker; it's like inoculation for your ideas.
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