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antithesisOne entry found. Main Entry: an·tith·e·sis Pronunciation: \an-ˈti-thə-səs\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural an·tith·e·ses \-ˌsēz\ Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, literally, opposition, from antitithenai to oppose, from anti- + tithenai to set — more at do Date: 1529 1 a (1) : 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> b (1) : the second of two opposing constituents of an antithesis (2) : the direct opposite <her temperament is the very antithesis of mine>
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