antonymyn.

Brit.

/anˈtɒnᵻmi/, U.S.

/ænˈtɑnəmi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: antonym n., -y suffix³.

Etymology: < antonym n. + -y suffix³, after French antonymie (1794; itself after synonymie synonymy n.). Compare earlier synonymy n.

The quality or fact of being antonymous; oppositeness of meaning; (as a count noun) an instance of antonymous words in juxtaposition. Also in extended use: opposition.

ΚΠ

1861 P. E. Tapernoux Encyclopaedical Guide to French Lang. 299/2 An antonymy [Fr. l'antonymie] is an opposition of words which have a contrary sense. Ex. You are an honest rogue.

1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 255 Where Techmer has metaphor, symbolism and abstraction, Baynes has synonymy, homonymy and antonymy.

1962 H. C. Conklin in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 130 Important types of semantic contrast other than antonymy.

2002 R. J. Watts in A. Fischer et al. Text Types & Corpora 106 Denying the antonymy between objective and subjective ways of studying society.

2009 C. Pistor Forms of Opposites in L. Carroll's Alice Bks. i. 3 Jones argues that antonymy is of cognitive importance and observable in everyday language.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antonymy
释义	antonymyn. Brit. /anˈtɒnᵻmi/, U.S. /ænˈtɑnəmi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: antonym n., -y suffix³. Etymology: < antonym n. + -y suffix³, after French antonymie (1794; itself after synonymie synonymy n.). Compare earlier synonymy n. The quality or fact of being antonymous; oppositeness of meaning; (as a count noun) an instance of antonymous words in juxtaposition. Also in extended use: opposition. ΚΠ 1861 P. E. Tapernoux Encyclopaedical Guide to French Lang. 299/2 An antonymy [Fr. l'antonymie] is an opposition of words which have a contrary sense. Ex. You are an honest rogue. 1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 255 Where Techmer has metaphor, symbolism and abstraction, Baynes has synonymy, homonymy and antonymy. 1962 H. C. Conklin in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 130 Important types of semantic contrast other than antonymy. 2002 R. J. Watts in A. Fischer et al. Text Types & Corpora 106 Denying the antonymy between objective and subjective ways of studying society. 2009 C. Pistor Forms of Opposites in L. Carroll's Alice Bks. i. 3 Jones argues that antonymy is of cognitive importance and observable in everyday language. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1861
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