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ANTONYMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antonymy mean?
• ANTONYMY (noun)
The noun ANTONYMY has 1 sense:
1. the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
Familiarity information: ANTONYMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("antonymy" is a kind of...):
semantic relation (a relation between meanings)
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