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con·tronym
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contronym
An auto-antonym or autantonym, also called a contronym or antagonym among other terms, is a word with multiple meanings (senses) of which one is the reverse of another. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This phenomenon is called enantiosemy, enantionymy (enantio- means "opposite"), antilogy or autantonymy. An enantiosemic term is necessarily polysemic.
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contronym
A contranym is a single word that has two contradictory meanings, (they are their own opposites). They are quite rare and hard to come by.
1. bolt: to secure / to flee 2. bound: heading to a destination / restrained from movement 3. left: departed / what remains 4. to add fine particles / to remove them 5. to approve or to boycott
Submitted by Soulwriter on December 27, 2021
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contronym in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contronym in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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