antithesis as a noun: - 1
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antithesis
noun
1 antithesis
Exact opposite.
Roget 577:
ornament;
floridness c†.
adj..
turgidity,
turgescence†;
altiloquence
etc.
adj.†;
declamation,
teratology†;
well-rounded periods;
elegance
etc.
578;
orotundity.
inversion,
antithesis,
alliteration,
paronomasia;
figurativeness
etc.
(metaphor)
521.
flourish;
flowers of speech,
flowers of rhetoric;
frills of style,
euphuism†,
euphemism.
big-sounding words,
high-sounding words;
macrology†,
sesquipedalia verba [Lat.],
Alexandrine;
inflation,
pretension;
rant,
bombast,
fustian,
prose run mad;
fine writing;
sesquipedality†;
Minerva press.
phrasemonger;
euphuist†,
euphemist.
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Roget 578:
elegance,
purity,
grace,
ease;
gracefulness,
readiness
etc.
adj.;
concinnity†,
euphony,
numerosity†;
Atticism†,
classicalism†,
classicism.
well rounded periods,
well turned periods,
flowing periods;
the right word in the right place;
antithesis
etc.
577.
purist [Slang].
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Roget 14:
contrariety,
contrast,
foil,
antithesis,
oppositeness;
contradiction;
antagonism
etc.
(opposition)
708;
clashing,
repugnance.
inversion
etc.
218;
the opposite,
the reverse,
the inverse,
the converse,
the antipodes,
the antithesis,
the other extreme.
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Roget 574:
vigor,
power,
force;
boldness,
raciness
etc.
adj.;
intellectual,
force;
spirit,
point,
antithesis,
piquance,
piquancy;
verve,
glow,
fire,
warmth;
strong language;
gravity,
sententiousness;
elevation,
loftiness,
sublimity.
eloquence;
command of words,
command of language.
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Dutch: tegenstelling, contrast, antithese
2 antithesis
The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance.
Polish: przeciwstawnia, antyteza
phrase
Roget 14:
all concord's born of contraries"
[B. Jonson].
Thesis,
antithesis,
synthesis
[Marx].
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