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ANTIPHRASIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
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