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- noun Plural form of
antonym .
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Examples
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At two points, it seems Anderson is trying to split the difference from a steroidal version of hegemony that is predicated on the absence of alternatives or "antonyms" and Williams's understanding of hegemony as something that inevitably produces alternatives by the strange particularities of its representation of reality.
The Valve Andrew Seal 2009
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Just because liberal and liberty both start with "L" does not signify that they mean the same thing. they are antonyms - they are opposites!!
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Though not antonyms, the two meanings of the word are so different that I had to reread the sentence to figure out what it meant.
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Her book consists of a dozen paintings that run across double-page spreads, each captioned with antonyms such as "Rude-Friendly," "Jealous-Accepting" and "Tricky-Truthful."
Homage to a Visionary Matriarch Meghan Cox Gurdon 2012
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The antonyms disorient and disorientate date from 1655 and 1704, respectively; again they are virtually synonymous.
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This is why “post-partisanship” makes sense as a branding strategy – because “partisanship” and “ideology” have been set up as antonyms of pragmatism.
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Just because liberal and liberty both start with "L" does not signify that they mean the same thing. they are antonyms - they are opposites!!
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Just because liberal and liberty both start with "L" does not signify that they mean the same thing. they are antonyms - they are opposites!!
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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BC: “Practical” and “ideological” are not antonyms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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The skills practiced include the following: · analogies · multiple-meaning words · prefixes · suffixes · main idea and supporting details · antonyms · synonyms · combining sentences · alphabetical order
Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grade 3-4 « Books « Literacy News 2009
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