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antiphrasis

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11 lettersPronunciation /ænˈtɪfrəsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aahiinprsstStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Borrowed from Late Latin antiphrasis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίφρασις (antíphrasis) (< phrazein "declare").

Used in a sentence

  • When they called him “bad as hell”, they weren’t calling him evil. It was antiphrasis.

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