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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Antiphrasis \An*tiph"ra*sis\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: antiphrasis n : the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
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