What does "contronymy" mean?

The quality of being a contranym or including contranyms.

What is a synonym for "contronymy"?

Common synonyms include: antilogy, autoantonymy, enantionymy, enantiosemy.

Pronounced //kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi//.

//kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi// noun

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Noun

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The quality of being a contranym or including contranyms. uncountable
"Near-synonym: enantiosemy"

"Contronymy, a phenomenon which has received much attention in recent years, has often been described as sense opposition at the micro-level."

From contronym + -y; also, by surface analysis, contr(a)- + -onymy.

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