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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.
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.
