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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antithesis \An*tith"e*sis\, n.; pl. Antitheses. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to set against, to oppose; ? against + ? to set. See Thesis.]
(Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, ``The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.'' ``He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.''
The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
Opposition; contrast.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition. 2 (context rhetoric English) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.
WordNet
n. exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine"
the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
[also: antitheses (pl)]
Wikipedia
Antithesis ( Greek for "setting opposite", from "against" and "position") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.
Antithesis can be defined as "a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure. Parallelism of expression serves to emphasize opposition of ideas".
An antithesis must always contain double meanings due to the reproduction of two ideas within one statement. The ideas may not be structurally opposite, but they serve to be functionally opposite when comparing two ideas for emphasis.
According to Aristotle, the use of an antithesis makes the audience better understand the point one is trying to make through their argument. Further explained, the comparison of two situations or ideas makes choosing the correct one simpler. Aristotle states that antithesis in rhetoric is similar to syllogism due to the presentation of two conclusions within a statement.
The term antithesis when used in speech is sometimes confused with the use of irony, or "words [used] to convey a meaning opposite to their literal sense". The two are often mistaken for one another due to their creation of an opposite situation for the audience. The antithesis deals with two parallel ideas, whereas in irony, when used as a literary device, the words are implying an opposite idea directly through tone or word choice.
To make the meaning more clear, consider this example of irony: I cut my hand on a Bandaid box. The example is not an antithesis because it does not present two parallel ideas, instead it gives an implication of the opposite idea through its tone.
The Antithesis (Antithese in Dutch) is a conflict between Christian-democratic, confessional parties, united in the Coalition and Liberal parties, united in the Concentratie between 1888 and 1918. The conflict concerned the equalization of payment for religious schools. To realize this a constitutional revision was necessary, which needed the support of two-thirds of both houses of parliament. Both political parties held about fifty percent of the MPs however. The issue was forced by ARP-leader Abraham Kuyper, who hoped that an alliance of Catholics and Protestants would gain the necessary number of seats, but this strategy failed. The issue was finally resolved in the Pacification of 1917.
Antithesis is the third album by the American rock band Gypsy, their first on the RCA Victor label.
Antithesis is the fourth studio album by technical death metal band Origin. It was released through Relapse Records, on April 1, 2008. It peaked at #21 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
Antithesis, in rhetoric, is a counter-proposition that denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition.
Antithesis may also refer to:
- Antithesis (Netherlands), a political conflict in Dutch history
- Antithesis (Origin album)
- Antithesis (Gypsy album)
Usage examples of "antithesis".
It had been established sixty years before, during the Affluence, and was the antithesis of that florid civilization.
Thinly veiled, but never expressed overtly, was the idea that much of our assimilationist rhetoric arose in direct antithesis to the perceived practices of our many immigrants from Mexico.
So there was Emily Kane, sitting very upright in her chair at the end of the table, with Joe Mansell, a heavy man with gross features and a hearty laugh, seated on one side of her, and on the other, her great-nephew Clement, the very antithesis of Joe Mansell but equally displeasing to her.
This imaginary antithesis he traces out between the Algonkin and Apalachian tribes, and between the Toltecs of Guatemala and the Aztecs of Mexico.
The very antithesis of commodified fantasy, this book exhibits rare emotion and invention, being rich with both event and meaning.
Ellen Glasser was a petite woman and a mother of four the very antithesis of the image most laymen have of an FBI agent.
One would think on a world of lesser gravity that the denizens would be beanpoles -- the vertical antithesis of the Lusian barrel shape -- but most of the men, women, and children I saw in the busy lanes and towpaths along the river were almost as short and stocky as Lusians.
In novels, Utopias, essays, films, pamphlets, the antithesis crops up, always more or less the same.
They were not tuned to recognize pseudorealism, for that is the antithesis of Civilized Art.
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Allegory, Synechdoche, Metonymy, Exclamation, Hyperbole, Apostrophe, Vision, Antithesis, Climax, Epigram, Interrogation and Irony.
If one looks through nearly any book that he has written in the last forty years one finds the same idea constantly recurring: the supposed antithesis between the man of science who is working towards a planned World State and the reactionary who is trying to restore a disorderly past.
When Wells was young, the antithesis between science and reaction was not false.
Eddie, although Allan Albright was the antithesis of his kind of man, had grown far more fond of Allan thanhe had thought possible.
A century after More, the Italian Dominican friar Tommaso Campanella wrote The City of the Sun, which to a great extent is an antithesis to Plato, but with Big Brother still present.
In many respects this is an antithesis to his earlier films, in which an innocent man is made the victim of credulity, ignorance and hate which grows into a lynching.