A contronym, contranym or autantonym is a word with two meanings that are opposite each other. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or...
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village. cosmonym: a proper name of a cosmic feature, outside Earth. contronym or antagonym or autoantonym: a word that may have opposite meanings in...
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MASS MoCA Campus, USA 2014 Art Taipei, The Cat Street Gallery, Taiwan Contronym, solo exhibition, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Morphous, solo exhibition...
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multiple definitions for the individual words. Not to be confused with contronym. Lexical semantics also explores whether the meaning of a lexical unit...
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mythified and forgotten by his compatriots. The scientist emerges as a contronym, a figure whose identity is paradoxical and enigmatic," observed the Deccan...
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is called Go Sanction Yourself and is so called because sanction is a contronym – to approve of something whilst also to condemn it." Hailing Paul Morricone...
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