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Lexical Semantics: Opposites

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Implicit superlatives<br />

Some scales have implicit superlatives.<br />

E.g. the scale of size: not only<br />

small:large, but huge:tiny,<br />

enormous:minute<br />

other examples: beautiful:ugly,<br />

brilliant:stupid

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