एखाद्या कल्पनेच्या विरुद्ध शब्द वापरणे ही त्याची सामान्य भावना आहे (विशेषत: व्यंगात),

antiphrasis's Usage Examples:

Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes.

contributed to the liberal newspaper El Conservador, the name being a case of antiphrasis.

strategy by writing against the grain of her meaning, also known as antiphrasis.

Hutcheon rejects the traditional definition of irony as antiphrasis, or saying the opposite of what one means.

Understanding tropes such as irony and antiphrasis will also be beneficial for interpretation.

family, who, although extremely hardworking, has been nicknamed (for antiphrasis) the Malavoglia (The Reluctant Ones).

For examples see antiphrasis and sarcasm.

antimetabole: Repetition of words in successive clauses, but in switched order antiphrasis: A name or a phrase used ironically.

Synonyms:

irony, rhetorical device,

Antonyms:

unsarcastic, sarcastic, congruity,