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Noun Concept
Categories: Rhetoric, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Figures of speech, Articles with short description
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antithesis  anti-thesis  antitheses  Principle of antithesis
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The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance WordNet 3.0
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The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Antithesis 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. Wikipedia
Something that is the opposite of something else Wikidata
The direct opposite. OmegaWiki
A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form. Wiktionary
IS A
rhetorical device
DERIVATION
antithetic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopedic Lexicon
DIFFERENT FROM
antithesis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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antithesis
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antithesis
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antithesis
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antithesis
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antithesis
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anti-thesis, antitheses, Principle of antithesis

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