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antagonym

Language; General language

A word that can mean opposite things — more precisely, a word that has a homograph that is an antonym.

antanaclasis

Language; General language

Repeating a word with a different sense of the word each time you repeat it.

agraphia

Language; General language

A brain disorder that reduces your ability to write coherently. Evidently, it is quite common amongst visual-art critics.

agreement

Language; General language

When words have the same number, gender, case, or person.

air quotes

Language; General language

When in conversation, using your hands to visually put quotation marks around a word.

alethic modality

Language; General language

A type of modality that shows the speaker's estimation of the logical necessity or possibility of what he is saying.

alexia

Language; General language

An inability to read caused by physical impairment.

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