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Antiphrasis
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noun
Antiphrasis
n. (Rhet.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
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"Antiphrasis" Quotes from Famous Books
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with him had given him, perhaps by
antiphrasis
, the startling name of Pelleas. Why rechristen him? For how can a poor dog, loving, devoted, faithful, disgrace the name of a man or an
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— Our Friend the Dog • Maurice Maeterlinck
Words linked to "Antiphrasis" :
irony
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rhetorical device
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