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Example: 'good' vs. 'bad'; 'x is better than y' does not entail 'x is good', but 'x is worse than y' entails 'x is bad'. | Example: 'good' vs. 'bad'; 'x is better than y' does not entail 'x is good', but 'x is worse than y' entails 'x is bad'. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 18 July 2014
Overlapping antonyms are antonyms with the following properties:
- The comparative of one (but not both) terms entails the corresponding positive form.
Example: 'good' vs. 'bad'; 'x is better than y' does not entail 'x is good', but 'x is worse than y' entails 'x is bad'.
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