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antiphrasis An`tiph´ra`sis Noun 1. antiphrasis - the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
"But Brutus is an honorable man....
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Antiphrasis- the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense. Try thinking about antiphrasis in more of an ironic sense. Consider this example: You'll be tried by an impartial jury of your peers in a court of vengeance.
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Hi Can I call you Wott for short? Welcome to the board Wott! I hope you wotted what you were doing when you entered the madhouse. Zed
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However did you discover one of Doctor Bill's old posts to which to respond?
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Isn't "I could care less" a typical example
Or does the term apply only to a single word
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Speaking of Bill, or rather having written of him, is he around these days?
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