contranymy

English

Etymology

From contranym +‎ -y; also, by surface analysis, contra- +‎ -nymy.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹɑn.ə.mi/, /kənˈtɹɒn.ə.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

Noun

contranymy (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of contronymy.
    • 1996, The Journal of the Association of Graduates in Near Eastern Studies:
      In that light Noegel might want to consider Janus parallelism as an intersecting set with contranymy.
    • 2015, Saskia Peels, “The Semantic Paradox”, in Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety:
      There are cross-linguistic examples of words that allegedly mean x and the opposite of x; this phenomenon would be a facet of polysemy and is commonly referred to as auto-antonymy or contranymy.
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