complementary antonym

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
  2. One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.
    — Complementary (also called contradictory) antonyms are those for which the assertion of one entails the negation of the other and vice versa, as in (17). a. That integer is even. → That integer is not odd. b. That integer is not odd. → That integer is even.

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complementary antonyms plural
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