Paradoxism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  paradoxism \par"a*dox`ism\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks`[i^]z'm), n.
     [paradox + -ism. ca. 1980]
     An avant-garde movement in literature, art, and philosophy,
     based on excessive used of antitheses, antinomies,
     contradictions, oxymorons, and paradoxes. --Charles Le
     (http://www.geocities.com/charlestle/paradoxism.html)


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     Note: Paradoxism originated in Romania in the 1980s as a way
           of protesting against a closed society and a
           totalitarian regime. It is based on an excessive use of
           antimonies, antitheses, contradictions, oxymorons, and
           paradoxes. It was set up and led by the writer
           Florentin Smarandache in the 1980's, who said: "The
           goal is the enlargement of the artistic sphere through
           non-artistic elements".
           One example of such a paradox is the two-line poem:
           Even if he didn't
           He did
           A free eBook on "Paradoxism and Postmodernism" can be
           downloaded from
           http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/IonSoare2.PDF.
           [Charles Le]