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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of contronymy. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

   "In that light Noegel might want to consider Janus parallelism as an intersecting set with contranymy."

Synonyms

All synonyms

autoantonymyenantiosemy

Example

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"In that light Noegel might want to consider Janus parallelism as an intersecting set with contranymy."

Etymology

From contranym + -y; also, by surface analysis, contra- + -nymy.

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