Enantiosis (e-nan-ti-o’-sis): Using opposing or contrary descriptions together, typically in a somewhat paradoxical manner.
Tonight, I will steal, yet be known as honorable.
For what I steal will be sold and the money distributed to those who really need it.
I am an honest and generous thief.
Call me “Robbing Hood.”
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
