Antithesis (Netherlands)
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



  1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  2. 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.
 
x
OK