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Definition of: antiphrasis
(an·tif′rə·sis) noun plural ·ses (-sēz)
The use of a term in a sense opposite to its meaning; irony.[<L <Gk. antiphrasis <antiphrazein express by antithesis <anti- against + phrazein speak]
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