Antiphrasis

[æn'tifrәsis]

Definition

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

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Definition

(n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Typist: Rowland

Definition

n. (rhet.) the use of words in a sense opposite to the true one.—adjs. Antiphras′tic -al involving antiphrasis: ironical.—adv. Antiphras′tically.

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