The relation between opposed entities.

synonym: opposition.

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.    ... show more

Dutch: antithese, contrast, tegenstelling