enantiodrome · noun — an opposite; an entity which turns into (or has turned into) its opposite, or exhibits enantiosemy or enantionymy. It carries an Arena rating of 1508, earned across 83 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, enantiodrome ranks #968 of 17,205 for The Improbable, #1,980 of 17,165 for Most Satisfying to Say, #2,039 of 17,172 for Scariest Words, #2,095 of 17,146 for Most Storied Words.
Why “enantiodrome” is a great word
ENANTIODROME — [Noun] An entity that is the opposite of another, or that has transformed into or exhibits the quality of its opposite. From the Greek prefix enantio- ("opposite") and the Greek dromos ("a running, course"), modeled on the noun enantiodromia, a concept from Heraclitean philosophy adopted into psychology by Carl Jung. Unlike an "antonym" (a static linguistic counterpoint) or a "paradox" (a logical knot of conflicting truths), an enantiodrome is the dynamic, often violent, becoming of one thing into its rival. It is the revolutionary who becomes the tyrant, the fervent love that curdles into perfect hate, the meticulous order that spawns a new and greater chaos—the inevitable swing of the pendulum at the furthest reach of its arc.
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Etymology
Compare enantiodromia.
noun
- An opposite; an entity which turns into (or has turned into) its opposite, or exhibits enantiosemy or enantionymy.e.g.“For quotations using this term, see Citations:enantiodrome.”
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