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paranym|ˈpærənɪm|
[f. para-1 + -nym in antonym, paronym, synonym n., etc.]
a. A near synonym. rare.
b. (See quot. 1976.)
1963L. Hogben Essential World Eng. 11 The L.E.S.U. [sc. List of Essential Semantic Units] cites non-essential paranyms for new terms even if definable by reference to terms which appear earlier in the list. 1976Listener 17 June 773/3 A newspaper columnist has recently been collecting what he calls ‘paranyms’—words whose meaning is generally the opposite of that intended by the speaker, such as ‘provisional’ or ‘liberation’ or ‘rationalise’. The writer Brian Aldiss thereupon contributed an example he had found in the New Testament: ‘‘ever⁓lasting life’; in other words ‘death’’. 1977Sunday Times 2 Jan. 32/4 What a year for paranyms. Never before can so many decent, explicit words have utterly altered their meaning to conceal an evasion or untruth. |