enantiosemy

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Etymology

From enantio- +‎ sem- (from Ancient Greek σῆμα "token, sign") +‎ -y, modelled after polysemy.

Noun

enantiosemy (uncountable)

  1. (semantics) A type of polysemy in which a word can be read as two opposing senses; contronymy.