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- DictionaryAn·tith·e·sis/anˈtiTHəsəs/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else: "love is the antithesis of selfishness"
: the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") (2) : opposition, contrast. the antithesis of prose and verse. c. : the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted. 2.
Antithesis (pl.: antitheses; Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντι-"against" and θέσις "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.
Antithesis definition: opposition; contrast. See examples of ANTITHESIS used in a sentence.
a difference or opposition between two things: Thanks to the collapse of communism the political antithesis between Left and Right is less important. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Opposites. antinome. antithetical. antonymous. anything but idiom. diametrical. dichotomist. dichotomous. dichotomy. exactly. extreme. flip side.
noun [ C/U ] us / ænˈtɪθ·ə·sɪs / plural antitheses us / ænˈtɪθ·əˌsiz / Add to word list. the exact opposite, or opposition: [ C ] The relaxed company management is the antithesis of a formal bureaucracy.
Antithesis Definition. What is antithesis? Here’s a quick and simple definition: Antithesis is a figure of speech that juxtaposes two contrasting or opposing ideas, usually within parallel grammatical structures.
An antithesis is the complete opposite of something. Though the counterculture was strong in America in 1968, voters elected Richard Nixon, the antithesis of a hippie.
1. countable noun. The antithesis of something is its exact opposite. [formal] The little black dress is the antithesis of fussy dressing. [ + of] 2. countable noun. If there is an antithesis between two things, there is a contrast between them. [formal] ...the antithesis between instinct and reason.
antithesis, (from Greek antitheton, “opposition”), a figure of speech in which irreconcilable opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are placed in sharp juxtaposition and sustained tension, as in the saying “Art is long, and Time is fleeting.”
a contrast between two things. There is an antithesis between the needs of the state and the needs of the people. Definition of antithesis noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
