"contronymy" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} contronymy (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being a contranym or including contranyms. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: enantiosemy, enantionymy, antilogy, autantonymy, contranymy Translations (the quality of being a contranym or including contranyms): énantiosémie [feminine] (French), antagonímia (Hungarian), kontronímia (Hungarian), enantioszémia (Hungarian)

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