antithesis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (anti, “against”) + θέσις (thesis, “position”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/

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Noun

antithesis (plural antitheses)

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.

Antonyms

• epitome

Related terms

• antithetical

Translations

proposition that is opposite to other proposition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對照 (cmn), 对照 (cmn) (duìzhào), 對立 (cmn), 对立 (cmn) (duìlì), 對偶 (cmn), 对偶 (cmn) (duì'ǒu)

• Czech: antiteze (cs) f
• Dutch: antithese (nl)
• Esperanto: antitezo (eo)
• Finnish: antiteesi (fi), vastakohta (fi)
• French: antithèse (fr) f
• German: Antithese (de) f

• Japanese: 対照 (ja) (たいしょう, taishō), アンチテーゼ (ja) (anchitēze)
• Portuguese: antítese (pt) f
• Russian: антитеза (ru) (antitɛ́za) f, антитезис (ru) (antitɛ́zis) m, противоположность (ru) (protivopolóžnostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian: antiteza (sh) f
• Slovene: antiteza (sl) f
• Spanish: antítesis (es) f
• Swedish: antites (sv) c