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| an·tiph·ra·sis [ an tíffrəssiss ] |
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use of word to mean opposite: the use of a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its usual or literal sense, e.g. saying on a rainy day, "What a great day for a picnic!"
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| [Mid-16th century. < late Latin< Greek antiphrazein "express oppositely" < phrazein "declare"] |
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