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Meaning of 'antiphrasis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Antiphrasis [ n.]
- The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

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ant ant bird ant egg ant thrush ant- ant-bear ant-cattle ant-eater ant-hill ant-lion

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