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 am tired of wearing this damn mask, but I am keeping it on because I don’t want get sick, or make anybody else sick.
It is nearly impossible to believe the immature self-righteous ignorance of people refusing to wear a mask! Citing the First Amendment as a reason is like saying that knowingly communicating an STD and infecting another person is an exercise of the transmitter’s First Amendment rights. Bizarre.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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