Antithesis
WordNet
noun
(1) The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
(2) Exact opposite
"His theory is the antithesis of mine"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
- A rhetorical device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.
- 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address,
- The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
- 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address,