antithesis
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antithesis
- /ænˈtɪθ.ɪ.sɪs/
- /ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/
- /ænˈtɪθ.ə.səs/
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Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis.
noun antitheses
- A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. For if every condition of everything conditioned (according to its existence) is sensuous, and therefore belongs to the series, that series is again conditioned (as shown in the antithesis of the fourth antinomy).
- A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner Antithesis, opposing things to things, Oft from the contrast strength and beauty brings.
- The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.
Similar: antithesis, contrary, converse, inverse, obverse, opposite, polar opposite, reverse, witherward · Opposite: epitome
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noun
Similar: antithesis, contrary, converse, inverse, obverse, opposite, polar opposite, reverse, witherward · Opposite: epitome
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noun proposition that is opposite to other proposition
| Español | antítesis |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 対照 taishō, アンチテーゼ anchitēze |
| 中文 | 對照 /对照 duìzhào, 對立 /对立 duìlì, 對偶 /对偶 duì'ǒu |
| हिन्दी | प्रतिपक्ष pratipakṣ |
| Kiswahili | tabaini |
| Português | antítese |
| Français | antithèse |
| Deutsch | Antithese |
| Italiano | antitesi |
| Ελληνικά | αντίθεση antíthesi |
| Română | antiteză |
| Русский | антите́за antitɛ́za, антите́зис antitɛ́zis, противополо́жность protivopolóžnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phản đề |
| العربية | نَقِيض naqīḍ |
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