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en⋅an⋅ti⋅o⋅sis
[i-nan-tee-oh-sis] 
tiˈoʊ
–noun, plural -ses [-seez] . Rhetoric.
[-seez] . Rhetoric. | a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony. |
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Enantiosis
E*nan`ti*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? contradiction, fr. 'enanti`os opposite.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.
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