antiphrasis

n. 词义反用法

发音

其它 /ænˈtɪfrəsɪs/

词形变化

antiphrases 复数 antiphrases

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.

    反话

    可数 不可数

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

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

rhetorical device

整体词 1

irony

词源

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

来源：wiktionary