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ANTONYM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ANTONYM. One of two WORDS or other...bent/curved , but is the antonym of gay in the context of homosexuality...antonymy: (1) Gradable antonyms, which operate on a continuum...low . (2) Complementary antonyms, which express an either...
Popular Culture
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Popular culture” is a problematic term. To use it as an antonym of “high culture” is both illogical and ahistorical: illogical because the antonyms of “popular” and “high”...
Research Methodology
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...that required them to solve analogies and to recognize antonyms. The researchers discovered a correlation between students...abilities to complete analogies correctly and to identify antonyms. In general, students who were good at one task were...
Orthodoxy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...from the Greek word for correct or normative faith) as the antonym of heresy (Greek, “ faction ” ) can be...early Christian practice of heresiography, whereby the two antonyms were aligned with other oppositional pairs, such as, importantly...
NONSENSE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...with little or no meaning and perhaps an absurd or trivial quality. The form non-sense is occasionally used as a neutral antonym of sense . The term is often attributive: a nonsense book , nonsense verse . A nonsense syllable is formed by putting a vowel...
-ONYM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...equivalent terms nomen in Latin and name in English. As a result, some recent technical terms have been formed on -nym : for example, characternym and paranym . See ACRONYM , ANTONYM , EPONYM , HETERONYM , HOMONYM , HYPONYM , RETRONYM .
YIDDISHISM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...earliest recorded Yiddishisms in English either refer to items of the Jewish religion (such as kosher ritually fit, and its antonym treyf , both first recorded in 1851) or were part of the argot of criminals (such as ganef a thief, goy a non-Jew, both...
Scholastic Assessment Test
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...know which one is the Equating section while taking the test. The Verbal Reasoning sections in the SAT I no longer contains antonym questions, and a greater emphasis has been placed on reading comprehension (called Critical Reading), which, in some cases...
METAPHOR
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...are all species of metaphor. Although this sense is not current, it lies behind the use of metaphorical and figurative as ANTONYMS of literal . (2) A figure of speech which concisely compares two things by saying that one is the other. A warrior compared...
SYNONYM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...synonym lists and studies, and it has become standard practice among dictionary publishers to include some of that information in general dictionaries. See ANTONYM , BISOCIATION , BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER , SEMANTICS , SYNONYMY , THESAURUS .

Dictionary entries related to "antonym"

antonym
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology antonym XIX. — F. antonyme , f. Gr. ANTI- , after synonyme SYNONYM .
totalitarianism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History totalitarianism A term often used as an antonym to pluralism to describe a state in which politics, society, and economy are all subject to the control of an elite or a party...
withershins
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...In English, however, the belief is so uncommon that our only word for it, withershins, comes from Scottish regional usage. Cf. the antonym, SUNWISE TURN. OIr. túaithbel; ModIr. tuathal; ScG tuathal; Manx dy kiuttagh.
sous
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...denote scientific inquiry, any skill trained in practice, and Christian learning, not excluding Christian revelation. It is the antonym of díchetal do chennaib , imbas forosnai , and teinm laída . See also KNOWLEDGE .
Desexualization
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis DESEXUALIZATION "Desexualization" may be most easily understood through a discussion of its antonym, "sexualization" (Freud, 1905d). From an analytic point of view, sexualization is a response on the one hand to the endogenous...
Subjectivism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas SUBJECTIVISM. Subjectivism 's natural antonym is objectivism, and various species of subjectivism have been developed as alternatives to objectivism of various sorts. One...
Altruism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...1857). Derived from the Italian word altrui, meaning "to others" or "of others," "altruism" was introduced as an antonym for "egoism" to refer to the totality of other-regarding instincts in humans. The new terms altruism , altruist , and...

Thesaurus entries related to "antonym"

heavy
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...archaic toilsome. antonym: easy.  ...crushing, oppressive. antonyms: undemanding...sticky, wet. antonyms: friable, dry...astronomical. antonym: small.  ...using a lot of. antonym: light on...apathetic, logy. antonyms: energetic, animated...
good
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...unselfish, selfless. antonyms: unkind, thoughtless...happy, providential. antonym: inconvenient...beneficial, salubrious. antonyms: bad, unhealthy...generous; informal tidy. antonym: small.  ...smart, smartest. antonyms: casual, everyday...
open
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...extended, stretched out. antonyms: closed (up), folded...open to the public. antonym: closed.  ...informal up for grabs. antonyms: unavailable, filled...nonexclusive, nonrestrictive. antonym: private. •...unbar; throw wide. antonyms: close, shut...
hard
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...with a rod of iron. antonyms: kind, easygoing...icy-cold, arctic. antonym: mild.   8...hefty, tremendous. antonyms: light, gentle...unquestionable, verifiable. antonyms: unverified, questionable...formal spirituous. antonym: nonalcoholic...
drop
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...informal boot out, kick out. antonyms: pick, keep.   10...shun; literary forsake. antonym: keep.   11. he...out, delete, cut, erase. antonyms: insert, include.  ...transport; leave, unload. antonym: pick up.   13...
rough
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...hairy, bushy. antonyms: smooth, sleek...scaly, scabrous. antonym: smooth.  ...gravelly, guttural. antonym: soft.  ...vinegary, acidulous. antonyms: sweet, mellow...See note at rude. antonyms: cultured, refined...heaving, choppy. antonym: calm.  ...
fine
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...fragile, dainty. antonym: coarse.  ...wispy, flyaway. antonym: thick.  ...sharpened, razor-sharp. antonyms: thick, blunt...translucent, see-through. antonyms: thick, coarse...technical comminuted. antonym: coarse.  ...
high
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...top-notch, chief. antonyms: low-ranking, lowly...virtuous, righteous. antonym: amoral.  ...steep, stiff, pricey. antonyms: reasonable, low...adulatory, rapturous. antonym: unfavorable...piercing, penetrating. antonyms: low, low-pitched...
right
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...suitable, appropriate. antonyms: wrong, inopportune...informal all there. antonyms: non compos mentis...synonym : dextral. antonym: left. •...lickety-split. antonyms: sometime, later...rightly, perfectly. antonym: wrong.  ...
sharp
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...definite, pronounced. antonyms: blurred, indistinct...steep, precipitous. antonym: gradual.  ...precipitous, vertical. antonyms: gentle, gradual...acute, beady, hawklike. antonym: weak.   13...

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Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin); 12/9/2005; 520 words ; ...warm B. hot C. cold An antonym is a word that has the opposite...words never and always are antonyms. Circle the word choice that is an antonym for the boldface word. 4...Name 3 more synonym and antonym pairs. Answer Key 1. b...