anacrisis

noun3

1. •
   An interrogation that provokes its subject to make explicit his or her underlying assumptions and deeply held values.

   • Socrates is the archetypal high master of subtle, ironic anacrisis. — 1985
2. •
   A dialog or plot event that causes a character to reveal his or her beliefs and motivations.

   • A genre of “ultimate questions of worldview,” it features internal and external dialogue, including the anacrisis or provocation of a word by others' words, and a utopian vision. — 2010
3. •
   (historical) A stage of the Ancient Greek judicial process in which all of the evidence is produced prior to the trial.

   • If the plaintiff failed to appear at the anacrisis, the suit, of course, fell to the 'ground; if the defendant made default, judgment passed against him. — 1853