Found 2 items, similar to Antiphrasis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: antiphrasis
antiphrasis
n : the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense
(especially in irony)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Antiphrasis
Antiphrasis
\An*tiph"ra*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to
express by antithesis or negation.] (Rhet.)
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning;
as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
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