/an'euh si noh"sis/ , n. , pl. anacoenoses /-seez/ . Rhet.
a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
[ 1580-90; anakoínosis, equiv. to anakoino-, var. s. of anakoinoûn to impart ( ana- ANA- + koinoûn to make common, deriv. of koinós CENO- 2 ) + -sis -SIS ]