Asteism definitions

Asteism

1) Irony 2) Ridicule
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asteism

refined irony
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Asteism

• (n.) Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
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Asteism

As'te·ism noun [ Greek ... refined and witty talk, from ... of the town, polite, witty, from ... city: confer French astéisme .] (Rhet.) Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/135

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