protherapeia

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek προθεραπεία (protherapeía, “previous care or treatment”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical attendance”). === Noun === protherapeia (uncountable) (rhetoric) A figure of speech used to secure indulgence or conciliate an audience before saying something potentially shocking, offensive, or difficult to accept. Acts 17:22: "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are very religious..." ==== Related terms ==== epitherapeia proepiplexis prodiorthosis