An autoantonym was a word with two contradictory definitions, or in the words of Keyla Detmer, "Words that mean a thing and the opposite of the thing at the same time." Such words were the subject of the "autoantonym game".
In 2257, Linus suggested "oversight" as one example. (DIS: "Through the Valley of Shadows")
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| Adages • Allusion • Antonomasia • Aphorism • Autoantonym • Axiom • Cliché • Colloquialism • Euphemism • Hyperbole • Idiom • Metaphor • Motto • Onomatopoeia • Oxymoron • Personification • Profanity • Proverb • Quotation • Reduplication • Rhetoric • Rhetorical question • Saying • Simile • Slang • Tongue twister |
| Subjective parlance: Anatomy • Animal • Arts • Botanical • Culinary • Economic • Fashion • Legal • Literature • Medical • Meteorological • Military • Nautical • Religion (Biblical) • Space • Sports • Transportation • Weapons |