Usually means: Use of words opposite intended.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word antiphrasis:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. antiphrasis: Merriam-Webster
  2. antiphrasis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. antiphrasis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. antiphrasis: Vocabulary.com
  5. antiphrasis: Wordnik
  6. antiphrasis: Wiktionary
  7. antiphrasis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. antiphrasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Antiphrasis, antiphrasis: Dictionary.com
  10. Antiphrasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Antiphrasis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. antiphrasis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. antiphrasis: Rhymezone
  14. Antiphrasis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. antiphrasis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. antiphrasis: FreeDictionary.org
  17. antiphrasis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. antiphrasis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. antiphrasis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. antiphrasis: Merriam-Webster

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. Antiphrasis: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
  3. ANTIPHRASIS: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. antiphrasis: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (antiphrasis)

noun:  (rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect; especially, use of an antonym with synonymic intent.

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