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Tag Archives: contronyms
More Words That Are Their Own Opposites
Hmmmm… Would you eat at a restaurant if you had reservations? We’ve talked about contronyms, or words that contradict themselves, before (here and here). The past posts racked up an amazing total of 25 self-contradictory words. You wouldn’t think there could be … Continue reading
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Tagged antonyms, auto-antonyms, contranyms, contronyms, opposites
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Contranyms, Pt. 2. More words that contradict themselves
“Oversight” and “sanction” are far from the only English words that are their own antonyms. In the last post I referred to these two-faced words as “contranyms,” which is the most common term for them. But word buffs love coining … Continue reading
Posted in etymology
Tagged contranyms, contronyms, dust, English language, Janus words, seed, stone, trim
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