Enantiosis; or, contraries Affirmation or Negation by Contraries
E-nan-ti-oô´-sis . Greek, ἐναντίωσις, from ἐναντίος (enantios), opposite . The figure Antithesis is called Enantiosis when the contrast is expressed by affirmatives and negatives . What is stated affirmatively is meant negatively, or vice versa . When it is stated both ways, it is a kind of Pleonasm (q.v. [Note: Which see.]). The difference being that Pleonasm refers to any statement, while Enantiosis refers to affirmation by contraries.
Psalms 1:1. -We have here a beautiful series of affirmation by contraries.
Isaiah 45:22. -“I am God, and there is none else.”
Luke 1:7-46. -The difference between reality and formality is beautifully shown by a series of contrasts which are affirmatives by contraries.
Romans 8:15. -“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption (or a sonship-spirit), whereby we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Philippians 3:9. -“And be found in him (Christ), not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that [ righteousness ] which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” See under Synecdoche .