English Explanatory Dictionary

enantiosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.

Word forms

enantiosis enantioses

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “contradiction”).

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