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feigned ignorance.

gewoní fu, n. Socratic irony; feigned ignorance used to expose faulty premises. (Prone to being punned as gewonífu, the vocative of gewonu (fool).)

See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb
tags: noun, rhetoric, communication
reverse terms: feigned ignorance, Socratic irony

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