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Noun Concept

Categories: Figures of speech, Rhetoric stubs, Rhetorical techniques

antiphrasis

The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) WordNet 3.0

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The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. Wikipedia

Rhetorical device Wikidata

Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect. Wiktionary

Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

rhetorical device

Rhetorical device

PART OF

irony

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Encyclopedic Lexicon

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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antiphrasis