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Group Antonyms

Description:

In linguistics, group antonyms are sets of related words or phrases that have opposite meanings, but are organized into distinct categories or groups. Group antonyms provide contrasting concepts within larger semantic fields.

Examples:

Sense 1: Opposition of Groups

Sample Sentence 1: The verbs "buy" and "sell" are group antonyms within the economic domain.

Sample Sentence 2: "Black" and "white" are group antonyms when referring to colors in the visual spectrum.

Sense 2: Opposition of Categories

Sample Sentence 1: In the animal kingdom, "predators" and "prey" are considered group antonyms.

Sample Sentence 2: "Hot" and "cold" are popular group antonyms in relation to temperature.

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