enantiosis

American  

[ih-nan-tee-oh-sis] / ɪˌnæn tiˈoʊ sɪs /

noun

Rhetoric.

PLURAL

enantioses

1. a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony.

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Etymology

Origin of enantiosis

First recorded in 1650–60; from Greek enantíōsis “opposition, disagreement, discrepancy,” a derivative of the verb enantioûsthai “to oppose, withstand,” derivative of the adjective enantíos “opposite”;  enantio-, -osis