"complementary antonym" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: complementary antonyms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} complementary antonym (plural complementary antonyms)
  1. (semantics) A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal. Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms: binary antonym, contradictory antonym Related terms: complementarity, gradable antonym, converse antonym, biconditional Translations (complementing term): komplementaarinen vastakohta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-complementary_antonym-en-noun-1Whj2xvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics Disambiguation of 'complementing term': 79 21
  2. (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Philosophy, Semantics
    Sense id: en-complementary_antonym-en-noun-VruPA1Tc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, philosophy, sciences, semantics

Inflected forms

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