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enantiosis

enantiosis noun: a figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.

Noun

enantiosis (countable and uncountable, plural enantioses)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.

Forms of enantiosis

pluralenantioses

Origin of enantiosis

From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “contradiction”).

Questions about enantiosis

What does enantiosis mean?
Enantiosis means a figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.
What part of speech is enantiosis?
Enantiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of enantiosis?
The plural of enantiosis is enantioses.

Words near enantiosis in the dictionary

  1. enantioseparate
  2. enantioseparated
  3. enantioseparation
  4. enantioseparations
  5. enantioses
  6. enantiosis
  7. enantiospecific
  8. enantiospecifically
  9. enantiospecificities
  10. enantiospecificity
  11. enantiostylous

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