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What are gradable antonyms characterized by?
What are gradable antonyms characterized by?
- Belonging to contrast sets
- Having no gradations in between
- Being mutually exclusive compartments
- Having an indefinitely large number of gradations in between (correct)
Which term is used for pairs like true and false, dead and alive?
Which term is used for pairs like true and false, dead and alive?
- Converses
- Incompatibility
- Contrast sets
- Complimentary antonyms (correct)
What are converses sometimes called?
What are converses sometimes called?
- Gradable antonyms
- Relational antonyms (correct)
- Incompatibility
- Contrast sets
What does incompatibility encompass?
What does incompatibility encompass?
What is the characteristic of members of contrast sets?
What is the characteristic of members of contrast sets?
What is the defining characteristic of gradable antonyms?
What is the defining characteristic of gradable antonyms?
Which term is used for pairs like true and false, dead and alive?
Which term is used for pairs like true and false, dead and alive?
What falls under the broader heading of incompatibility?
What falls under the broader heading of incompatibility?
What is the characteristic of members of contrast sets?
What is the characteristic of members of contrast sets?
What is the term for words that divide a particular domain into two mutually exclusive compartments?
What is the term for words that divide a particular domain into two mutually exclusive compartments?
Flashcards
Gradable antonyms
Gradable antonyms
Antonyms characterized by an indefinitely large number of gradations in between.
Complimentary antonyms
Complimentary antonyms
Pairs of words that divide a particular domain into two mutually exclusive compartments.
Relational antonyms
Relational antonyms
Pairs that show a relationship from different perspectives.
Incompatibility
Incompatibility
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Contrast sets
Contrast sets
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Study Notes
Antonyms and Incompatibility
- Gradable antonyms are characterized by having a continuous scale or degree between them.
- Pairs like true and false, dead and alive are called complementary antonyms.
- Converses are sometimes called relational antonyms.
- Incompatibility encompasses the relationship between two or more words that cannot coexist or be true simultaneously.
- Members of contrast sets have the characteristic of being mutually exclusive, where one cannot be true or exist if the other is true or exists.
- The defining characteristic of gradable antonyms is that they can be measured on a scale or have varying degrees.
- Complementary antonyms are pairs of words that cannot coexist or be true simultaneously, like true and false, dead and alive.
- Incompatibility falls under the broader heading of opposition.
- Members of contrast sets have the characteristic of being mutually exclusive, where one cannot be true or exist if the other is true or exists.
- The term for words that divide a particular domain into two mutually exclusive compartments is binary antonyms.
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