complementary antonym (English, noun)
expansion: complementary antonym (plural complementary antonyms)
Senses:
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glosses: A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
topics: human-sciences
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glosses: One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.
Forms:
form: complementary antonyms
tags: plural