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Webster 1913 Edition
Enantiosis
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E-nanˊti-o′sis
,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)
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.