Usually means: Witty remark subtly conveying criticism.
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  3. charientism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ noun:  (rhetoric, rare) A figure of speech wherein an insult is disguised as or softened by a jest.

Similar:
trope, asteismus, diasyrm, antiphrasis, asteism, rhetoric, graecismus, paromologia, synchoresis, anthimeria, more...

Opposite:
malapropism, sarcasm, insult, criticism, ridicule

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Similar:
trope, asteismus, diasyrm, antiphrasis, asteism, rhetoric, graecismus, paromologia, synchoresis, anthimeria, more...

Opposite:
malapropism, sarcasm, insult, criticism, ridicule



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