Antithesis synonyms and antonyms
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The opposite or contrary:
opposite (related)
Anything opposed or opposite
The condition of being positive or negative with respect to some reference point or object, as electricity
Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed
(Countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
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)
A statement in opposition to another; denial
direct opposite
Opposite
Something that is contrary.
A thing related in a converse way; the opposite
same (antonym)
The same person or thing
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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Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.
A placing opposite or over against; antithesis; contrast
The state of being contrary
(Logic) The relation of exclusion or inclusion which exists between propositions having the same subject and predicate but differing in quality, quantity, or both
(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.
(Logic) Any of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
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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.
support (related)
Financial or other help.
anteposition
(Rare) The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.
embodiment (related)
idealisation (related)
personification (related)
essence (related)
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logical outcome (related)
transcendence (related)
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.
Distinction by contrast
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