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Webster 1913 Edition
Antiphrasis
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An-tiph′ra-sis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antiphrasis
ANTIPH'RASIS
,Noun.
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.