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ANTITHESIS
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Irregular inflected form: antitheses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("antithesis" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
Derivation:
antithetic (sharply contrasted in character or purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exact opposite
Example:
his theory is the antithesis of mine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("antithesis" is a kind of...):
oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)
Derivation:
antithetic; antithetical (sharply contrasted in character or purpose)
