antithesis

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). Surface analysis: anti- +‎ thesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Derived terms

• antithesise
• antithesize
• antithet
• antithetic
• antithetical
• antitheticality
• antithetically
• antitheticalness

 

Translations

proposition that is opposite to other proposition

• Catalan: antítesi f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: antiteze f
• Dutch: antithese (nl)
• Esperanto: antitezo
• Finnish: antiteesi (fi), vastakohta (fi)
• French: antithèse (fr) f
• German: Antithese (de) f
• Greek: αντίθεση (el) f (antíthesi)

  Ancient: ἀντίθεσις f (antíthesis)

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• Hungarian: antitézis (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: antitesi (it) f
• Japanese: 対照 (ja) (たいしょう, taishō), アンチテーゼ (anchitēze)
• Maori: kupu tauaro
• Portuguese: antítese (pt) f
• Russian: антите́за (ru) f (antitɛ́za), антите́зис (ru) m (antitɛ́zis), противополо́жность (ru) f (protivopolóžnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: antiteza (sh) f
• Slovene: antiteza f
• Spanish: antítesis f
• Swedish: antites (sv) c
• Tagalog: gantintikha