contraspective

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Definition of contraspective

1 sense · 1 part of speech

adj

  1. Having two contradictory aspects, as in a paradox or oxymoron.
    “Insofar as Intuitions 1 and 3 capture the essence of idealism and realism, respectively, those doctrines are contraspective.”
    “If this does not pass, he thinks, he will take himself to the doctor, or her to the veterinary – one of them will discover the truth, the contraspective madness.”
    “Kalapalo also use two other forms with contraspective semantics. With these, the speaker references something that is observed or stated but that the mind of the speaker wishes were otherwise; the speaker seemingly knows (or pretends to know) that there is little if any possibility of that happening.”

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