Antiphrasis
As Antiphrasis or anti phrase (Greek ) refers to a figure of speech to express the opposite of what the word actually means, or object attributes to a name that stands for its system in contradiction.
A Antiphrasis may refer to a single word, phrase, or portion of a speech. The Antiphrasis is a special form of irony, and a special form of Antiphrasis turn can be the euphemism (which must be but not necessarily used as irony ).
Examples
- A beautiful mess
- Eumenides ( " Madame " ) for Furies
- Do down