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antiphrasis

/an-tif-ruh-sis/US // ænˈtɪf rə sɪs //UK // (ænˈtɪfrəsɪs) //

反话语权,反话语,反语,反话术

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Rhetoric.

    • : the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.

Examples

  • The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps by antiphrasis, the startling name of Pelléas.

  • Instances of antiphrasis in the names given to black slaves are very common.