Abstract
We believe that the phenomenon of enantiosemia is a specific manifestati- on of polysemy. In order not to confuse this phenomenon with the antonymy itself, we find it useful to specify that antonyms are words with different or partially different phonetic bodies. Such an interpretation of enantiosemia seems just ified tous. In relation to antonymy, enantiosemia refers to the internal polysemy, to the polarization of the internal meaning of the word.
The main cause of enantiosemia is explained by the fact that in the ancient times the roots and their derivatives had common meanings, insufficiently differentiated. With the evo- lution of thought and language, such meanings have differentiated. From the common sphere of the notion, more definite nuances of the basic meaning were highlighted, which had oppo- site meanings. We would like to emphasize that with the evolution of thinking and language, such meanings have been differentiated in Romanian by creatings table polylexical units, in this case of set phrases. Cf.: a păgubi which can update its meaning only in context: A l-a păgubit pe B. B a fost păgubit de A. However, only the set phrase can differentiate the opposite semes as meaning: A aduce / face /a pricinui pagubă – a avea / suferi / a păţi pagu- bă/ Tobring / do / causedamage - tohave / suffer / damage.