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Meaning of antiphrase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A word or phrase used in a sense that is different to its literal or usual meaning.

Equivalents

Français antiphrase

Examples

“[T]he first man came right up to me and held out his hand in the European manner of greeting, save⟳ only that it was the left hand instead of the right, and in an English the most mutilated and full of antiphrases I had ever heard said that he was my friend[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

antiphrasis antiphrastically antiphthisic antipion antiplacebo antiplanarity

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