| NOUN | communication | antiphrasis | the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) |
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| Meaning | The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony). | |
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| Part of | irony | A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |
| Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
| Spanish | antífrasis | |
| Catalan | antífrasi | |
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