Rhet. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἐναντίωσις, f. ἐναντιό-εσθαι to oppose, f. ἐναντίος contrary.] A figure of speech in which the opposite is meant to what is said; irony.
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 118. Enantiosis.… A figure when we speak … by a contrary.
1721–1800. Bailey, Enantiosis, contrariety; a Rhetorical Figure. In mod. Dicts.
