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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; ... show more

Roget 578: elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness etc. adj.; concinnity, euphony, numerosity; Atticism, classicalism, ... show more

Roget 14: contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism etc. (opposition) 708; clashing, repugnance.    inversion etc. ... show more

Roget 574: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness etc. adj.; intellectual, force; spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy; ... show more

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].

Moby thesaurus: antagonism, anteposition, antipathy, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antonym, clashing, collision, con, conflict, confrontation, confrontment, contention, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition ... show more.

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