Antithesis

What do we mean by antithesis?

Direct contrast; opposition. noun

The direct or exact opposite. noun

A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in noun

The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition. noun

The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis. noun

Opposition; contrast. noun

That which is opposed or contrasted, as one of two opposite judgments or propositions: in this sense opposed to thesis (which see). Specifically noun

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.” noun

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.” noun

The second of two clauses forming an antithesis. noun

Opposition; contrast. noun

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. noun

A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form. noun

Exact opposite noun

The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance noun

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

Words that are spelled similarly to antithesis:
antithesis, antitheses, anthesis, antithetic, antichresis, antithese.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word antithesis:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe antithesis:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective antithesis:
synthesis, romantique, results, purposehomeostasis, states, relationship, principle, form, position, briefly, argument, self, power, hatred, formula, monarchy, natural, pleasure, dialectic, relation, psychology, pattern, subject, change, socialism.

Words that sound like antithesis:
antithesis, antitheses, anthesis, metathesis, amethysts, anoesis, antisepsis, intimacies, antiochus, entasis, enthesis, antibiosis.