Difference between revisions of "Overlapping antonyms"

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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'.