antithesis
A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other propositionA proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
» Death is the antithesis of life.
Значення
значень: 3A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
Antithese
антите́заantitɛ́za, антите́зисantitɛ́zis, противополо́жностьprotivopolóžnostʹ
антите́заantytéza
exact opposite
(rhetoric)A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.
Приклади
речень: 3Death is the antithesis of life.
Cosmos is the antithesis of chaos.
A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesiBorrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis.
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множина: antitheses| Однина | antithesis |
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