Concept information
Preferred term
2558Antiphrasis
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Scope note
- Antiphrasis is a figure of speech in which a phrase or a word is employed in a way that is opposite to its literal meaning, in order to create an ironic, sarcastic or comic effect. Forms of antiphrasis are: litotes, irony and euphemism.
Source
- Τζάρτζανος 1989
Contributor
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
Creator
- Kalafata Patritsia (AA)
Notation
- 2558
In other languages
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Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2558
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