http://wordie.org/people/oroboros?wl=987#comments Comments for the word list 'Autantonyms' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/people/oroboros?wl=987#comments <a href="/words/cleave">cleave</a> is contranymic. It can mean to adhere, and it can also mean to sever. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:52:57 +0000 http://wordie.org/people/oroboros?wl=987#comments http://wordie.org/people/oroboros?wl=987#comments I have come across three additional terms used in connection with this phenomenon:<br /><a href="/words/contranym">contranym</a><br /><a href="/words/antagonym">antagonym</a><br /><a href="/words/enantiodromic">enantiodromic</a><br />and also <br /><a href="/words/antanaclasis">antanaclasis</a> – rhetorical device that can make use of <a href="/words/autoantonym">autoantonym</a>s, although these two don't:<br />"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." (Benjamin Franklin)<br />"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a <a href="/words/banana">banana</a>." (Groucho Marx) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:54:42 +0000 http://wordie.org/people/oroboros?wl=987#comments