antiphrasis

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/ænˈtɪfrəsɪs/

Definition of antiphrasis

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noun

(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.

“When they called him “bad as hell”, they weren’t calling him evil. It was antiphrasis.”

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Borrowed from Late Latin antiphrasis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίφρασις (antíphrasis) (< phrazein "declare").

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