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- noun Alternative spelling of
contranym .
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Examples
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The word contronym also the synonym antagonym is used to refer to words that, by some freak of language evolution, are their own antonyms.
Learn something new – contronyms | YepYep - Your Daily Waste Of Time 2007
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Another example of a contronym might be a word that has one meaning in one dialect and the opposite meaning in another dialect.
When mom became mum mj 2009
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Another example of a contronym might be a word that has one meaning in one dialect and the opposite meaning in another dialect.
Contronyms mj 2009
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Such a perplexing word might be called a contronym, using the prefix contra - (from the Latin contra meaning ` against '), or possibly a contradictonym.
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One of the more curious phenomena of language is the contronym also called an “antagonym”, which is when a word has come to represent two opposite meanings.
Contronyms mj 2009
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One of the more curious phenomena of language is the contronym also called an “antagonym”, which is when a word has come to represent two opposite meanings.
When mom became mum mj 2009
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In New Zealand English nowadays, a "dairy" is a convenience store, although this is not an example of a contronym.
When mom became mum mj 2009
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In New Zealand English nowadays, a "dairy" is a convenience store, although this is not an example of a contronym.
Contronyms mj 2009
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Google search for “contronym” (the fancy word for a word which means one thing as well as its opposite) and see how many there are.
mialuthien commented on the word contronym
See autoantonym.
July 19, 2008