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▸ 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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▸ 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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antiphrase,
periphrasis,
periphrase,
irony,
ampliatio,
paronomasia,
adnominatio,
agnomination,
apophasis,
acyrologia,
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