Antithesis synonyms and antonyms

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reverse
The opposite or contrary:
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antonym
(Semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another, although not necessarily in all its senses.
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opposite (related)
Anything opposed or opposite
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polarity
The condition of being positive or negative with respect to some reference point or object, as electricity
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antipode
Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed
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contrast
(Countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
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counter
A counter is defined as a person or thing that counts or keeps score, or a long flat work space.
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apotheosis (related)
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contradiction
A statement in opposition to another; denial
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direct opposite
Opposite
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contrariety
Something that is contrary.
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converse
A thing related in a converse way; the opposite
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same (antonym)
The same person or thing
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dialectic (related)
The method of logic used by Hegel and adapted by Marx to observable social and economic processes: it is based on the principle that an idea or event (thesis) generates its opposite (antithesis), leading to a reconciliation of opposites (synthesis)
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antagonism
Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.
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contraposition
A placing opposite or over against; antithesis; contrast
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contrariness
The state of being contrary
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opposition
(Logic) The relation of exclusion or inclusion which exists between propositions having the same subject and predicate but differing in quality, quantity, or both
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antipodes
Used in UK to refer to Australia and New Zealand - (once common, now less so)
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contrary
(Logic) A proposition related to another in such a way that if the latter is true, the former must be false, but if the latter is false, the former is not necessarily true.
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contradictory
(Logic) Any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
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contrapositive
A proposition derived by negating and permuting the terms of another, equivalent proposition; for example, All not-Y is not-X is the contrapositive of All X is Y.
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support (related)
Financial or other help.
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anteposition
(Rare) The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.
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embodiment (related)
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idealisation (related)
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personification (related)
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essence (related)
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logical outcome (related)
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transcendence (related)
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reversal
The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
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contradistinction
Distinction by contrast
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Antithesis Sentence Examples

  • Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.

  • His character is the exact antithesis of Dan Dare's.

  • This world is the only true purgatory and hell, being the antithesis of the world eternal, of the inward man renewed day by day, of Christ's peace and kingdom which are not of this world.

  • It was the complete antithesis to my own watcher life of conformity.

  • Possibly it is from this reform that we may date the antithesis of Federals and Centralists, which is so conspicuous in the history of republican Mexico.

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