ANTIPHRASIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("antiphrasis" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Holonyms ("antiphrasis" is a part of...):

irony (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)

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