ENANTIOSIS Definition & Meaning

enantiosis

[ ih-nan-tee-oh-sis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Rhetoric.

plural enantioses

a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of enantiosis¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Greek ��Բ��Գ�íō�� “opposition, disagreement, discrepancy,” a derivative of the verb ��Բ��Գپ��û��ٳ󲹾� “to oppose, withstand,” derivative of the adjective ��Բ��Գ�í�ǲ� “opposite”; enantio-, -osis

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