enantiosis

[ih-nan-tee-oh-sis]

noun, plural en·an·ti·o·ses

[-seez] . Rhetoric.

a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony.

Origin:
1650–60; < Greek enantíōsis. See enantio-, -osis

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Enantiosis has a plethora of syllables.

So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:

given to using long words.

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

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