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has gloss(noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)
antiphrasis
lexicalizationeng: antiphrasis
subclass of(noun) a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
rhetorical device
Meaning
Asturian
lexicalizationast: antífrasis
Esperanto
lexicalizationepo: antifrazo
French
lexicalizationfra: antiphrase
Italian
lexicalizationita: antifrasi
Korean
lexicalizationkor: 어의반용
Russian
lexicalizationrus: антифраз
Thai
lexicalizationtha: การใข้คำให้มีความหมายตรงข้ามกับความหมายเติม
Turkish
lexicalizationtur: kelimenin zýt anlamda kullanýlmasý
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part of(noun) a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
irony

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