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  2. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [1] [2] enantionymy (enantio-means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.

  3. Antithesis - Wikipedia

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    Antithesis (pl.: antitheses; Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντι-"against" and θέσις "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect. [1] [2]

  4. Oxymoron - Wikipedia

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    Oxymorons are words that communicate contradictions. An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction. As a rhetorical device, an oxymoron illustrates a point to communicate and reveal a paradox.

  5. 50 Most Iconic Duos Of All Time - AOL

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    Taking the hit, these two opposites bond. Grace is an uptight businesswoman, while Frankie is a free-spirited artist. Together, their contrasts complement each other, and they support each other ...

  6. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Portmanteau: a new word that fuses two words or morphemes; Retronym: creating a new word to denote an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else; Oxymoron: a combination of two contradictory terms; Zeugma and Syllepsis: the use of a single phrase in two ways simultaneously

  7. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    The spangram describes the puzzle’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. It may be two words. ... Here are the first two letters for each word: BU. DI. HE. AN. FL. ST. BE.

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    The spangram describes the puzzle’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. It may be two words. ... Here are the first two letters for each word: GU. BA. MA. UK. VI. HA. SI.

  9. Blend word - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] English examples include smog , coined by blending smoke and fog , [ 3 ] [ 5 ] as well as motel , from motor ( motorist ) and hotel .