antithesis

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Synonyms: antitheses, anti-thesis, antithetic, anthesis, anesthesis, antichresis, anæsthesis

Antonyms: antitheses, anti-thesis, antithetic, anthesis, anesthesis, antichresis, anæsthesis

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Noun

1. A [[proposition]] that is the [[diametric]] [[opposite]] of some other proposition.
2. {{lb|en|rhetoric}} A device by which two contrasting ideas are [[juxtaposed]] in [[parallel]] form; a [[figure of speech]] arranged in this manner
3. {{lb|en|philosophy}} The second stage of a [[dialectical]] process in which the [[thesis]] is negated.

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