ENANTIOSIS

Etymology

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.

Anagrams

• antinoises, inosinates

Source: Wiktionary


E*nan`ti*o"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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