antiphrasis
pronunciation
How to pronounce antiphrasis in British English:
UK ['æntɪfrəsɪs]
How to pronounce antiphrasis in American English:
US ['æntɪfrəsɪs]
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- Noun:
- the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
Word Origin
- antiphrasis (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin antiphrasis, from Greek antiphrasis, from antiphrazein "to express (something) by the opposite," from anti- (see anti-) + phrazein "to consider, to express" (see phrase (n.)).
Example
- 1. It is important to stress that the agglutinating structure of antiphrasis is the characteristic style of euphemism pushed to its limits .