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ANTIPHRASIS

• ANTIPHRASIS (noun)
The noun ANTIPHRASIS has 1 sense:

1. the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

Familiarity information: ANTIPHRASIS used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTIPHRASIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("antiphrasis" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Holonyms ("antiphrasis" is a part of...):

irony (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)

"It's never too late to mend."
(English proverb)
"To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature."
(Native American proverb, Oglala Sioux)
"Covering one's own ears while stealing a bell."
(Chinese proverb)
"The one you love you punish."
(Danish proverb)

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