Saturday 27 February 2016

figures of speech - Rhetoric word for answering a question with another answer implying the first

During a discussion on AI, it was asserted that AI is not yet handling very well cases where an indirect, but quite adequate (unless prevaricatory) answer is given.



Examples:




Person A: Are you going to do that history homework?
Person B: I've just switched on my computer!
 



Person A: Are we leaving soon?
Person B: I'm putting on my shoes as we speak.




Both questions are answered yes, but without being explicit. I know there is a single word describing this. I just don't remember it. The word is similar to synecdoche or *-onym.

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