Adianoeta: An expression that, in addition to an obvious meaning, carries a second, subtle meaning (often at variance with the ostensible meaning).
Isn’t it great that Pres. Trump is intent on shrinking the bordering land around a bunch of national monuments? The monuments are expressions of natural order–canyons. mountains, cliffs, etc. Pres. Trump proposes to leave the “monuments” alone, while grabbing the land that surrounds them and reclassifying it.
I think the smaller he makes their surroundings the better they will fit the interests their shrinkage supports: pipelines, coal mines, and generally, massive exploitation and harm to the environment surrounding the ensemble of national treasures.
Not a good idea.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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