Inopinatum (in-o-pi-na’-tum): The expression of one’s inability to believe or conceive of something; a type of faux wondering. As such, this kind of paradox is much like aporia and functions much like a rhetorical question or erotema. [A paradox is] a statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless [can include oxymoron].
What exactly does the US House of Representatives represent?
Constipated regularity?
Sincere insincerity?
Adult adolescence?
Who exactly does the US House of Representatives represent?
John Galt?
John Birch?
John Calvin?
John Belushi?
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu). Bracketed text added by Gorgias.
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