Look up: enantiosis

1. Enantiosis
   E·nan`ti·o'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... contradiction, from 'enanti`os opposite.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.
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2. Enantiosis
   • (n.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.
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3. enantiosis
   enantiosis 1. A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary. 2. The rhetorical device of stating the opposite of what is meant, usually ironically; affirmation by contraries. 3. A figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony.
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4. Enantiosis
   which illustrates opposites together. `Enantiosis`, `synoeciosis` or `discordia concors` is a chapter=Acyrologia in the poems of Ausia March-->--> Examples include the famous maxim of Augustus, chapter=Festina lente-->--> and the following passage from Second Epistle to the Corinthians|Paul`s sec...
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