Rhetoric. A figure of speech consisting of a conclusion or apodosis contrary to what the audience has been led to expect. Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise > contradictory outcome (3) paradox1678 Rhetoric. A figure of speech consisting of a conclusion or apodosis contrary to what the audience has been led to expect. Obsolete. rare. irony1833 A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what was or might be expected; an outcome cruelly, humorously, or strangely at… backfire1925 figurative. (Also attributive.) |
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