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RE: Oxymorons
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and a
contranym
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February 02, 2004 20:17
RE: Autoantonym for the word "Community"
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Thread revival I read a column in QT, from the Chicago Sun Times, the other day, and he is definitely on our wavelength. First he mentions all the words that we've mentioned here for a word that has opposite meanings, including autantonym,
contranym
, contronym, antilogy, enantiodrome. He then says...
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May 09, 2008 20:35
RE: Name That Book! Help!
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jo asked, "And while we are at it, what would be a word that has opposite meanings?"Such a word is called
contranym
. One example is "cleave," as Asa points out. Another is the verb "sanction," which became a bit of an in-joke between tsuwm and me here. Various on-line lists of contranyms, easily...
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October 11, 2004 19:17
RE: Lesser-Known Counterparts of Familiar Words
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February 12, 2005 22:25
RE: A pop quiz for logophiles...
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Nine out of ten in about half a minute (couldn't remember the antonym of euphemism.)...
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March 06, 2017 20:53
RE: Equipoise
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What would the antonym be -------------------------------- Having the equus poised on YOU, I suppose......
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February 09, 2004 17:36
RE: Quiz for word lovers
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Kalleh
I got lots wrong too. And, like Bob, I didn't know the antonym of euphemism - never heard that word......
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December 07, 2015 20:12
RE: Varieties of Written Works
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I've heard Bildungsroman used as an antonym for In Media Res, but I'm not sure if this is correct. ......
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August 13, 2004 22:03
RE: Weather Words
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June 17, 2005 11:30
RE: Oxymorons
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I agree. It's not an oxymoron, which is a figure of speech where two apparently contradictory terms ......
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July 31, 2008 03:04
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September 12, 2002 17:07
RE: Least favorite words?
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My only problem with "feckless" is that there is no corresponding antonym. How many people have you......
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March 13, 2004 12:27
RE: Talk about not thinking things through...
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June 11, 2006 05:06
Pronunciations and Mispronunciations
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This week presents words about how we pronounce or mispronounce words. Some are extremely specific,......
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January 12, 2004 08:27
RE: Astronomy terms, and metaphor
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Another metaphoric use of "light year" is a long time. Of course it's wrong, but that's the way our......
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March 11, 2006 12:53
RE: More than a mere mention!
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Look what just came into my Google Alerts - an ......
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October 02, 2014 20:23
RE: just a little respectively
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I can't think of an antonym. Maybe it's just simply inferred that a list is random unless it is spec......
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March 14, 2005 23:21
RE: Oxymorons
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oxymoron that contains a homograph and a
contranym
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January 04, 2007 18:59
RE: Quiz for word lovers
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January 01, 2016 20:39
RE: Quiz for word lovers
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Not too bad. More interesting than most quizzes on the internet about language. I didn't know the an......
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December 01, 2015 21:20
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