ALL meanings of antithesis
an·tith·e·sis
A a - countable noun antithesis The antithesis of something is its exact opposite. 3
- countable noun antithesis If there is an antithesis between two things, there is a contrast between them. 3
- noun antithesis the exact opposite 3
- noun antithesis contrast or opposition 3
- noun antithesis the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, phrases, or words so as to produce an effect of balance, such as my words fly up, my thoughts remain below 3
- noun antithesis the second stage in the Hegelian dialectic contradicting the thesis before resolution by the synthesis 3
- noun antithesis a contrast or opposition of thoughts, usually in two phrases, clauses, or sentences (Ex.: you are going; I am staying) 3
- noun antithesis the second part of such an expression 3
- noun antithesis a contrast or opposition 3
- noun antithesis exact opposite 1
- noun plural antithesis opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong. 1
- noun plural antithesis the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly. 1
- noun plural antithesis Rhetoric. the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”. the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”. 1
- noun plural antithesis Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic. 1
- noun antithesis an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis) 1
- noun antithesis A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. 1
- noun antithesis A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. 0
- noun antithesis (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form. 0