asteism
nounEtymology Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós).
1
Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.
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- asteistic
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