Enantiosis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enantiosis \E*nan`ti*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? contradiction,
     fr. 'enanti`os opposite.] (Rhet.)
     A figure of speech by which what is to be understood
     affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary;
     affirmation by contraries.
     [1913 Webster]