Etymology

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Today it means: of or pertaining to the magnetic pole that becomes negative as its temperature increases and positive as its temperature decreases Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀντίλογος“contradictory, reverse”
  2. English todayantilogue

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος (antílogos, “contradictory, reverse”), from ἀντιλέγω (antilégō, “speak against, gainsay, contradict”). Equivalent to anti- + -logue.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀντίλογος all →

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