In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
EPIPLEXIS
epiplexis
(noun) a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ep`i*plex"is, n. Etym: [L., reproof, fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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