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25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites

Post by Riddick » 03-03-2017 01:59 AM

Here’s an ambiguous sentence for you: “Because of the agency’s oversight, the corporation’s behavior was sanctioned.”

Does that mean, 'Because the agency oversaw the company’s behavior, they imposed a penalty for some transgression' or does it mean, 'Because the agency was inattentive, they overlooked the misbehavior and gave it their approval by default'?

We’ve stumbled into the looking-glass world of “contronyms”—words that are their own antonyms. FULL STORY
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