Relating to or characterized by epanorthosis; involving the correction or strengthening of a statement.
From epanorthosis + -ic (relating to). Maintains the same Greek roots as its parent noun, adding the adjectival suffix.
This adjective is rarely used in modern English, but it describes any moment where someone powerfully corrects themselves—it's a word for a very specific rhetorical move that English speakers make all the time without knowing its name.
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