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'''Paronomasia''' is a literary device, a deliberate "play on words", also called a "pun", for the purpose of commentary, exploiting sound similarity or meanings as a serious social or political [[critique]] or as a form of ridicule, for effect.
Possible examples:
:"The numerous ill-conceived current policies of Democrats provide a [[liberal]] display of stupidity on Capitol Hill."
:"The max-Senate debates in Washington are dead-locked. This is no comedy." ([[Mack Sennett]])
:"The need for more military [[intelligence]] is shockingly evident in the current international situation."
:"The idea of spending money to put a colony on Mars is genuine science friction, given the needs of our veterans, our children, our bridges, roads, highways and the state of govern-mental spending as a hole." (''whole'')
;Paronomasia in the Bible
The [[Bible]] frequently uses paronomasia: for example
==See also==
[[Slander]] <br>
[[Libel]] <br>
[[Polemic]] <br>
[[Humor]] <br>
[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)]]
==External links==
[https://literarydevices.net/paronomasia/ Paronomasia - Definition and examples (literarydevices.net)]
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[[category:Bible]]
Possible examples:
:"The numerous ill-conceived current policies of Democrats provide a [[liberal]] display of stupidity on Capitol Hill."
:"The max-Senate debates in Washington are dead-locked. This is no comedy." ([[Mack Sennett]])
:"The need for more military [[intelligence]] is shockingly evident in the current international situation."
:"The idea of spending money to put a colony on Mars is genuine science friction, given the needs of our veterans, our children, our bridges, roads, highways and the state of govern-mental spending as a hole." (''whole'')
;Paronomasia in the Bible
The [[Bible]] frequently uses paronomasia: for example
==See also==
[[Slander]] <br>
[[Libel]] <br>
[[Polemic]] <br>
[[Humor]] <br>
[[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)]]
==External links==
[https://literarydevices.net/paronomasia/ Paronomasia - Definition and examples (literarydevices.net)]
[link literary par.]
[link public media par.]
[link Bible par.]
[[category:Dictionary]]
[[category:Politics]]
[[category:Literature]]
[[category:Religion]]
[[category:Bible]]