antiphrasis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: an=tiph=ra=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

antiphrasis, n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to express by antithesis or negation.].

 The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.  [1913 Webster]

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antiphrasis

Neologism

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