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English
Etymology
contra- + -onym.
Coined 1962 by Jack Herring. Note that the vowel of the suffix generally supersedes the vowel of the prefix, hence coined as contronym, rather than contranym.
Noun
contronym (plural contronyms)
- Alternative spelling of contranym
References
- ^ Herring, Jack. Word Study (February 1962).
- Lederer, Richard. "Curious Contronyms." Word Ways, 11 (February 1978): 27-28.