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enantiosis Rhet.|ɛˌnæntɪˈəʊsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἐναντίωσις, f. ἐναντιό-εσθαι to oppose, f. ἐναντίος contrary.]
A figure of speech in which the opposite is meant to what is said; irony.
1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 118 Enantiosis, a figure when we speak..by a contrary. 1721–1800Bailey, Enantiosis, contrariety; a Rhetorical Figure. In mod. Dicts. |