Aetiologia (ae-ti-o-log’-i-a): A figure of reasoning by which one attributes a cause for a statement or claim made, often as a simple relative clause of explanation.
I do not support that candidate, for he misspeaks too much!
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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