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noun
A type of polysemy in which a word or other seme can be read as two opposing senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
Synonyms: contronymy, contranymy, autoantonymy
Antonyms: none provided
History
From enantio-; sem- (from Ancient Greek σῆμα "token, sign"); -y, modelled after polysemy.
Across languages
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