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  2. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.

  3. Unpaired word - Wikipedia

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    An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.

  4. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Obbligato in music traditionally means a passage is "obligatory" but has also been used to mean "optional". [12] [13] Overlook can mean "to make an accidental omission or error" or "to engage in close scrutiny or control". [14] Oversight can mean "accidental omission or error" or "close scrutiny or control". [15]

  5. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    When its successor, the Atari 5200, was released, the VCS was rebranded the Atari 2600, after its part number (CX-2600). Bar soap The common cake of soap used in the tub or shower was familiarly called "soap" or "bath soap"; the term "bar soap" arose with the advent of soaps in liquid and gel form.

  6. -onym - Wikipedia

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    numeronym: is a number-based word. oceanonym: a name of an ocean. [44] odonym: a name of a street or road (also hodonym). [32] oikonym, also (Latinized) oeconym or econym: a name of a house or other building. [45] oronym: 1: a name of a hill, mountain, or mountain-range; [46] 2: a neologism for same-sounding (homophonic) words or phrases.

  7. Aptronym - Wikipedia

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    [3] [5] Psychologist Carl Jung wrote in his 1960 book Synchronicity that there was a "sometimes quite grotesque coincidence between a man's name and his peculiarities". [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In the 1966 book What's in a Name? , Paul Dickson , among other peculiar types of surnames, has a section on aptronyms which includes a list of aptronyms selected ...

  8. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The word is used by Charles M. Schulz in a 1982 installment of his Peanuts comic strip, [51] and by Peter O'Donnell in his 1985 Modesty Blaise adventure novel Dead Man's Handle. Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014 ...

  9. 4, 3, 2, 1 (LL Cool J song) - Wikipedia

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    "4, 3, 2, 1" is a song by Queens rapper LL Cool J featuring Method Man, Redman, Canibus and DMX from LL Cool J's seventh album Phenomenon as the second single. It was released on December 9, 1997, for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by Erick Sermon .