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Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is.[1]
Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes.[2]
When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym,[3] having opposite meanings depending on context. For example, Spanish dichoso[4] originally meant "fortunate, blissful" as in tierra dichosa, "fortunate land", but it acquired the ironic and colloquial meaning of "infortunate, bothersome" as in ¡Dichosas moscas!, "Damned flies!".
- ^ Dupriez, Bernard Marie (1991). A dictionary of literary devices: gradus, A-Z. Translated by Halsall, Albert W. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-0-8020-2756-6.
- ^ Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30813-0.
- ^ Rubio Hancock, Jaime (28 August 2016). "19 autoantónimos: palabras que significan una cosa y la contraria". Verne (in Spanish). Ediciones El País. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Como explica Fundéu, a veces son el resultado de los usos irónicos y en ocasiones, de las antífrasis,
- ^ Prieto García-Seco, David (28 May 2021). "Rinconete. Lengua. «Huésped» o significar una cosa y la contraria". Centro Virtual Cervantes (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2023.