Antiphrasis Definition & Meaning
antiphrasis
- noun
- the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
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- What does antiphrasis mean?
- the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
- What part of speech is antiphrasis?
- Antiphrasis is a noun.