adoxography

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[a-dahk-sah-gruh-fee] / ˌæ dɑkˈsɑ grə fi /

noun

a rhetorical exercise in which a subject that is harmful or trivial is written about as if it is excellent or important.

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adoxography

He discards the tricks of the school, adoxography, epigram and, as a rule, paradox.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

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