The same as antiphrastic; expressing meaning through opposite or ironic language.
Extended form of antiphrastic with the suffix -al, maintaining the same Greek roots (anti- against + phrasis speech). The -al suffix makes it a more formal variant.
Adding '-al' to antiphrastic creates a more scholarly version of the same idea—it's like how 'music' becomes 'musical.' This shows how English lets us stretch adjectives to fit different contexts, from casual to academic.
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