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- Look up accismus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Accismus is a feigned refusal of something earnestly desired. The 1823 Encyclopædia Britannica writes...3 KB (351 words) - 13:05, 8 June 2024
- Tsai from her 2006 album Dancing Diva a pretender's claim to the throne accismus Deception Camouflage False pretenses, in criminal law This disambiguation...550 bytes (96 words) - 00:08, 13 September 2019
- Chew – Sour Grapes, a comic book series by John Layman and Rob Guillory Accismus Appeal to spite This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...1 KB (208 words) - 18:51, 29 March 2024
meaning differs from the manner or sense in which they are ordinarily used. Accismus: expressing the want of something by denying it. Adynaton: an extreme form...24 KB (2,993 words) - 07:24, 9 July 2024
"every trivial oddity" in situations where there is no double audience. Accismus Apophasis Auto-antonym Double standard Hypocrisy Ironism Irony punctuation...40 KB (5,370 words) - 21:44, 8 February 2024
- WOTD – 21 August 2013 Via Latin accismus from Ancient Greek ακκισμός (akkismós, “prudery”) IPA(key): /ækˈsɪzməs/ accismus (uncountable) (rhetoric) The feigning