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- noun Plural form of
contranym .
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There's a weird category of words which I now have learned are called contranyms.
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There's a weird category of words which I now have learned are called contranyms.
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There's a weird category of words which I now have learned are called contranyms.
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There's a weird category of words which I now have learned are called contranyms.
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There's a weird category of words which I now have learned are called contranyms.
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Perhaps factoid can become one of the small group of contranyms (also called auto-antonyms and Janus words) that mean both one thing and its opposite.
"factoid" Roger Sutton 2007
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I was reminded of contranyms when Matt sent me an email about the word quiddity which means both “essence” and “hairsplitting distinction.”
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Self-contradictory words 2006
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Other contranyms, like cleave (split) vs. cleave (cling), have separate etymologies that resulted in coincident spelling.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Self-contradictory words 2006
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A recent column looked at contranyms, also known as Janus words, which have two opposite meanings.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011
oroboros commented on the word contranyms
See this list for a bunch of 'em.
May 24, 2008
henry commented on the word contranyms
perhaps we should table this one?
July 7, 2009