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Antiphrasis
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Antiphrasis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/antiphrasis.html. 1828.