What does contranymy mean?
Contranymy means Alternative form of contronymy..
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/kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/ · noun
Alternative form of contronymy..
In that light Noegel might want to consider Janus parallelism as an intersecting set with contranymy.
There are cross-linguistic examples of words that allegedly mean x and the opposite of x; this phenomenon would be a facet of polysemy and is commonly referred to as auto-antonymy or contranymy.
Use contranymy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contranymy means Alternative form of contronymy..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In that light Noegel might want to consider Janus parallelism as an intersecting set with contranymy.
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