"antithesis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/ Audio: en-us-antithesis.ogg 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 /对照 (duìzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 對立 /对立 (duìlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 對偶 /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), fritéis [feminine] (Irish), 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), phản đề (Vietnamese), gwrthosodiad [masculine] (Welsh)
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  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)
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  3. (philosophy) The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated. Categories (topical): Philosophy
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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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