antithesis plural
an·tith·e·sis
The plural form of antithesis is antitheses
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- 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