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autoantonymy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The state of being an autoantonym; the phenomenon that autoantonyms instantiate.

Word forms

autoantonymy

Etymology

By surface analysis, autoantonym + -y, or, by surface analysis, auto- + antonymy.

Synonyms

contranymy contronymy enantiosemy

Related words

ambiguity self-contradiction self-contradictory

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