antithesis

Signification (Anglais)

1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
2. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
3. The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

Concepts

antithèse

contraste

opposition

contraire

anti-

antagonisme

antithese

antíthèse

comparaison

Synonymes

contrast

opposite

opposition

pair

comparison

contradistinction

contraposition

contrariety

contrariness

contrary

contravention

converse

couple

👫

couplet

difference

foil

inverse

oppositeness

reciprocal

anti-

exact opposite concept

conflict

opposite word

antagonism

direct opposite

antipode

antithetic

antonym

complement

Traductions

antítesis

Antithese

antitesi

antítese

Gegensatz

antithese

αντίθεση

antítesi

tegenstelling

antitez

zıtlık

Kontrast

Gegenbehauptung

Verspaar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/æn.ˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis.