1. Plural of antonymy; instances or pairs of words that have opposite meanings.
Usage: Linguistics and grammar term
2. Direct contradictions or fundamental incompatibilities between concepts, ideas, or principles.
Usage: Philosophy and logic term

Examples

• The antonymies between 'hot' and 'cold' make them perfect examples for teaching word relationships.
• Philosophers have long debated the antonymies present in Kant's critical philosophy.
• In semantics, antonymies help us understand how languages organize meaning through opposition.
• The antonymies of 'love' and 'hate' reveal deep structures in human emotion.
• Students learned to identify antonymies by finding word pairs with opposite definitions.
• The text explores the antonymies between freedom and responsibility in modern ethics.