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Webster 1913 Edition


Enantiosis


E-nanˊti-o′sis

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] contradiction, fr.
ἐναντίοσ
opposite.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

Definition 2024


enantiosis

enantiosis

English

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.