CONTRADICTIO  矛盾法

HISTRIONIC rhetorical device in which the author claims the opposite of what he has just said.

自我矛盾法 Demonstrative advocacy of apparently contradictory views.

Hypernym
  • HISTRIONICSRHETORICAL TROPE which crucially involves playful dissimulation of one's real meaning.
    • RHETORICAL TROPE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE mainly concerned with the structural semantics of expressions.
Hyponym
  • OXYMORONCONTRADICTIO in which a noun is modified by an adjective that is inconsistent with the semantic content of the noun, that complex expression being used to make a subtle abstract observation. Contradiction in terms, typically a nominal expression, but compare also festina lente "hurry slow".See also PARADOXON which refers to propositions rather than terms.
    Rhetorical device locations: 1
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