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)
   [PJC]

   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]