Paenismus (pai-nis’-mus): Expressing joy for blessings obtained or an evil avoided.
I am so thankful that I made no moves in the stock market last week–I was ‘this close’ to selling! Close call!
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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