Definition of antithesis
1a
: the direct opposite
Her temperament is the very antithesis of mine.
b(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
c
: the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted
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The first known use of antithesis was in 1529
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