antithesis

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æn.ˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

antithèse

antítesis

Antithese

antitesi

antítese

Gegensatz

antithese

αντίθεση

antyteza

antítesi

tegenstelling

contraste

Kontrast

Gegenbehauptung

opposition