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
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.
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