contronymous
contronymous adjective: of or being a contronym.
Adjective
contronymous (comparative more contronymous, superlative most contronymous)
- Of or being a contronym.
- Clearly, not all polysemous lexemes are contronymous, although their senses may be mutually incompatible.2008 May 6, Burcu I[lkay] Karaman, “On Contronymy”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 21, number 2, Oxford, Oxon: Oxford University Press, published June 2008, →DOI, →ISSN, page 182
- While [Chris] Ellis proposes it as a general term, my sense of antagonym describes a subset of the larger class of contronymous or auto-antonymic words, however that might be defined.2013 May, David-Antoine Williams, “Poetic Antagonyms”, in The Comparatist, volume 37, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, →DOI, →ISSN, page 184
- Synonyms:
- contronymic
Synonyms of contronymous
Forms of contronymous
| comparative | more contronymous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most contronymous |
Origin of contronymous
From contronym + -ous.
Questions about contronymous
- What does contronymous mean?
- Contronymous means of or being a contronym.
- What part of speech is contronymous?
- Contronymous is an adjective.
Words near contronymous in the dictionary
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