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单词 antiphrastically
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•tiph•ra•sis  (an tifrə sis),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]
  1. Rhetoricthe use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
  • Greek, derivative of antiphrázein to speak the opposite (anti- anti- + phrázein to speak); see phrase, sis
  • Latin
  • 1525–35;
an•ti•phras•tic  (an′ti frastik),USA pronunciation an′ti•phrasti•cal, adj.  an′ti•phrasti•cal•ly, adv. 

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