parrhesia

noun /pəˈriːziə/

1. boldness or freedom in speech

   uncountable

   Anderson suggests that the centrality of ethos is incorporated into Foucault's description of the philosopher as truth-teller in his concept of parrhesia, as well as in the debate he had with Jürgen Habermas in relation to power and communication.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek παρρησία (parrhēsía), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (English pan-) + ῥῆσις (rhêsis), ῥῆμα (rhêma, “utterance, speech”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry parrhesia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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