The Devil's Dictionary: Satirical Definitions of Everyday Words
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"Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy."-In this extraordinary work of scathing satire, Ambrose Bierce provided new humorous definitions of the words that formed the lexicon of contemporary American life.-Accumulated over three decades for a series of magazines and newspapers, the entries in The Devil's Dictionary painted a revealing portrait of late 19th-century American life, with all its contradictions and hypocrisies laid bare.
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- Name of the Author
- Ambrose Bierce
- Language
- English
- Release date
- 1906
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"Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy."-In this extraordinary work of scathing satire, Ambrose Bierce provided new humorous definitions of the words ...