Definition of Antithesis
Antithesis
an·ti·the·sis
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A person or thing that is the opposite of another.
e.g. The politician's views were the antithesis of her opponent's stance.
(noun)
an opposition or contrast between two things or entities;
e.g. She was struck by the antithesis between the attitudes of the two scientists.
(noun)
a literary or rhetorical device that involves the expression of contrasting words, sentences, or ideas using parallel phrasing or arrangement;
e.g. She used antithesis in her motivational speech when saying that one's actions were more important than one's words.
(noun)
in philosophy, the second stage of a dialectical/logical process, constituted by disproving one's thesis;
e.g. He is in the antithesis stage of his research process.
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