antithesis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   exact opposite

   Their theory is the antithesis of mine.

2. 2
   noun

   A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

   For if every condition of everything conditioned (according to its existence) is sensuous, and therefore belongs to the series, that series is again conditioned (as shown in the antithesis of the fourth antinomy).

3. 3
   noun

   A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner

   Antithesis, opposing things to things, Oft from the contrast strength and beauty brings.

4. 4
   noun

   the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

5. 5
   noun

   The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis.