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antiphrastic

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an⋅tiph⋅ra⋅sis

  [an-tif-ruh-sis]
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–noun Rhetoric.
the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
Origin:
1525–35; < L < Gk, deriv. of antiphrázein to speak the opposite (anti- anti- + phrázein to speak); see phrase, sis

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅phras⋅tic  [an-ti-fras-tik] , an⋅ti⋅phras⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
an⋅ti⋅phras⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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