Antithesis

Quick meaning: Antithesis is a noun meaning A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
2. (philosophy) The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

Example Sentences

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

On the night of the 2nd of March 2025, your actions were the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for.

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).

Unless one final Schlafly paradox gets in the way. Before she died, the First Lady of the Conservative Movement endorsed Trump. That makes sense: Schlafly was a paleoconservative who was worried about immigration. But Trump has turned out to be the most unchivalrous candidate in living memory, the very antithesis of Schlafly’s ideal Christian standard.

Word Forms

• antitheses

Synonyms for antithesis

Depending on context, synonyms include contrary, converse, inverse, obverse, opposite, reverse.

Antonyms for antithesis

Common opposites include epitome.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include opposite, contrary, contradiction, contrast, opposition, contradistinction.

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