A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings; such a word is also known as an antagonym, autoantonym, contranym, or Janus word. For example, the word...
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village. cosmonym: a proper name of a cosmic feature, outside Earth. contronym or antagonym or autoantonym: a word that may have opposite meanings in...
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MASS MoCA Campus, USA 2014 Art Taipei, The Cat Street Gallery, Taiwan Contronym, solo exhibition, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong Morphous, solo exhibition...
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mythified and forgotten by his compatriots. The scientist emerges as a contronym, a figure whose identity is paradoxical and enigmatic," observed the Deccan...
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is called Go Sanction Yourself and is so called because sanction is a contronym – to approve of something whilst also to condemn it." Hailing Paul Morricone...
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