"antithesis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æn.ˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/ Audio: en-us-antithesis.ogg [US] Forms: antitheses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|la|antithesis}} Latin antithesis, {{der|en|grc|ἀντίθεσις}} Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis), {{surf|en|anti-|thesis}} By surface analysis, anti- + thesis Head templates: {{en-noun|antitheses}} antithesis (plural antitheses)
  1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. Translations (proposition that is opposite to other proposition): ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), antítesi [feminine] (Catalan), 對照 (Chinese Mandarin), 对照 (duìzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 對立 (Chinese Mandarin), 对立 (duìlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 對偶 (Chinese Mandarin), 对偶 (duì'ǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), antiteze [feminine] (Czech), antithese (Dutch), antitezo (Esperanto), antiteesi (Finnish), vastakohta (Finnish), antithèse [feminine] (French), Antithese [feminine] (German), αντίθεση (antíthesi) [feminine] (Greek), प्रतिपक्ष (pratipakṣ) (Hindi), antitézis (Hungarian), antitesis (Indonesian), antitesi [feminine] (Italian), 対照 (taishō) (alt: たいしょう) (Japanese), アンチテーゼ (anchitēze) (Japanese), 麗辭 (lìcí) (Literary Chinese), kupu tauaro (Maori), tauarotanga (Maori), antyteza [feminine] (Polish), antítese [feminine] (Portuguese), антите́за (antitɛ́za) [feminine] (Russian), антите́зис (antitɛ́zis) [masculine] (Russian), противополо́жность (protivopolóžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), antiteza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), antiteza [feminine] (Slovene), antítesis [feminine] (Spanish), tabaini (Swahili), antites [common-gender] (Swedish), gantintikha (Tagalog), антите́за (antytéza) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-antithesis-en-noun-3RyuAzdb Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 44 36 20 Disambiguation of 'proposition that is opposite to other proposition': 86 7 6
  2. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric, Figures of speech Translations (figure of speech): refhvǫrf [neuter, plural] (Old Norse)
    Sense id: en-antithesis-en-noun-x57jT~oK Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 12 80 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 49 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 44 36 20 Disambiguation of 'figure of speech': 4 94 2
  3. (philosophy) The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated. Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-antithesis-en-noun-P5Q94rfl Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 44 36 20 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antithesis, contrary, converse, inverse, obverse, opposite, polar opposite, reverse, witherward Hypernyms: difference Hyponyms: antipodes, foil, nemesis, opponent Derived forms: antithesise, antithesize, antithet, antithetic, antithetical, antitheticality, antithetically, antitheticalness

Inflected forms

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      "word": "difference"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "antipodes"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "foil"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
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      "word": "opponent"
    }
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        "A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition."
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          "proposition"
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        "A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner"
      ],
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        "(rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner"
      ],
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        "rhetoric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Philosophy"
      ],
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        "The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated."
      ],
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        "(philosophy) The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated."
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/æn.ˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "antithesis"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "contrary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "converse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "inverse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "obverse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "opposite"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "polar opposite"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "reverse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:antithesis",
      "word": "witherward"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antítesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lzh",
      "lang": "Literary Chinese",
      "roman": "lìcí",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "麗辭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "對照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duìzhào",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "对照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "對立"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duìlì",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "对立"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "對偶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duì'ǒu",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "对偶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antiteze"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "antithese"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "antitezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "antiteesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "vastakohta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antithèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Antithese"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antíthesi",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αντίθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "antíthesis",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀντίθεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pratipakṣ",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "प्रतिपक्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "antitézis"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "antitesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antitesi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taishō",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "対照"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anchitēze",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "アンチテーゼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "kupu tauaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "tauarotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antyteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antítese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antitɛ́za",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антите́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antitɛ́zis",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антите́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivopolóžnostʹ",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "противополо́жность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antiteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antiteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antítesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "tabaini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "antites"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "word": "gantintikha"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "antytéza",
      "sense": "proposition that is opposite to other proposition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антите́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "figure of speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "refhvǫrf"
    }
  ],
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    "antithesis"
  ],
  "word": "antithesis"
}

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