A pair of complementary antonyms is characterized by the feature that the denial of one member of the pair implies the assertion of the other. In other words,it is not a matter of degree between two ex tremes, but a matter of either one or the other. For example,alive and dead,male and female.
A pair of complementary antonyms is characterized by the feature that the denial of one member of the pair implies the assertion of the other. In other words,it is not a matter of degree between two ex tremes, but a matter of either one or the other. For example,alive and dead,male and female.
