Antithesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Direct contrast; opposition.
  • n. The direct or exact opposite: Hope is the antithesis of despair.
  • n. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in "Hee for God only, shee for God in him” ( John Milton).
  • n. The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.
  • n. The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.
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  • n. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • n. A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, “The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.” “He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.”
  • n. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
  • n. Opposition; contrast.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Opposition; contrast.
  • n. That which is opposed or contrasted, as one of two opposite judgments or propositions: in this sense opposed to thesis (which see). Specifically
  • n. In rhetoric, a figure consisting in bringing contrary ideas or terms into close opposition; a contrast or an opposition of words or sentiments: as, “When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves we leave them”; “The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself”; “Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding.”
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. exact opposite
  • n. the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    opposition    oppositeness    rhetorical device   
    Variant
    antitheses   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    opposition    contrast    contras   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    parallelism    contradiction    paradox    analogy    similarity   
     
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