antithesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

/ænˈtɪθ.ɪ.sɪs/ /ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/ /ænˈtɪθ.ə.səs/ en-us-antithesis.ogg

antithesis antitheses

Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis.

antithesis contrary converse inverse obverse opposite polar opposite reverse witherward

epitome

antithesise antithesize antithet antithetic antithetical antitheticality antithetically antitheticalness

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