Meaning of contranymy | Babel Free
kənˈtɹɑn.ə.miDefinitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“In that light Noegel might want to consider Janus parallelism as an intersecting set with contranymy.”
“There are cross-linguistic examples of words that allegedly mean x and the opposite of x; this phenomenon would be a facet of polysemy and is commonly referred to as auto-antonymy or contranymy.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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