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Are there any auto-antonyms in Esperanto?

de mkj1887, 7 de novembre de 2016

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mkj1887 (Mostra el perfil) 7 de novembre de 2016 18.03.16

English abounds in auto-antonyms. Are there any in Esperanto, other than the 2 mentioned here?

Kliphph (Mostra el perfil) 8 de novembre de 2016 0.31.05

Malmultakosta (inexpensive) can also be ĉipa, malmola (hard) has been used in poetry as dura. There are many other auto-antonyms (ones not using the mal prefix) in Esperanto.

mkj1887 (Mostra el perfil) 13 de novembre de 2016 13.42.44

Kliphph:Malmultakosta (inexpensive) can also be ĉipa, malmola (hard) has been used in poetry as dura. There are many other auto-antonyms (ones not using the mal prefix) in Esperanto.
Hmmm, I guess the term “auto-antonym” is, much to my surprise, ambiguous. The traditional meaning of an auto-antonym is a word that has, simultaneously, contradictory meanings. Perhaps the most notorious example in English is “to sanction”, which can mean “to approve of”, or “to disapprove of”. The meaning of “auto-antonym” that you are evidently using, namely, being negative without an overtly negative appearance, is an interesting alternative take on what an “auto-antonym” could be, and merits its own discussion and treatment, but it is not the meaning addressed in my question.

Altebrilas (Mostra el perfil) 17 de novembre de 2016 11.24.32

Maybe "ŝlosilo" , in a figurate sense, which means "tool for unlocking something". "Malŝlosilo" would be more appropriate. Ex: "La Ŝlosilo por Dulingvismo"( first example found with Google).

Roch (Mostra el perfil) 18 de novembre de 2016 3.43.01

Usually a key (ŝlosilo) can also lock, so I looked at it in esperanto:

esperanto → esperanto

ŝlosilo (ŝlos·il·o ← ŝlos·i)
instrumento, kiun oni turnas en seruro por ŝlosi aŭ malŝlosi

So it could make malŝlosilo redundant, imo ~

Altebrilas (Mostra el perfil) 19 de novembre de 2016 10.07.49

Kompreneble, sed la metaforo ne taŭgas en la mala direkto; "Slosilo al dulingvismo" ne povas esti ilo kiu malebligas dulingvismon, kiel ŝlosilo povas malebligi malfermon de pordo.

Altebrilas (Mostra el perfil) 22 de novembre de 2016 13.36.00

Mi trovis ankaŭ "krom" . Laŭ mia vortaro (PV): krom=
1, ne enkalkulante
2. enkalkulante

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