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Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.
John O. Brennan

Meaning of "antithesis" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTITHESIS

Via Latin from Greek: a setting against, from anti- + tithenai to place.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTITHESIS

antithesis  [ænˈtɪθɪsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTITHESIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antithesis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTITHESIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antithesis

Antithesis is used when two opposites are introduced in the same sentence, for contrasting effect.

Definition of antithesis in the English dictionary

The first definition of antithesis in the dictionary is the exact opposite. Other definition of antithesis is contrast or opposition. Antithesis is also the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, phrases, or words so as to produce an effect of balance, such as my words fly up, my thoughts remain below.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTITHESIS


analysis
əˈnælɪsɪs
basis
ˈbeɪsɪs
biosynthesis
ˌbaɪəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
chemosynthesis
ˌkɛməʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
crisis
ˈkraɪsɪs
diathesis
daɪˈæθɪsɪs
epenthesis
ɛˈpɛnθɪsɪs
genesis
ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
hypothesis
haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs
Isis
ˈaɪsɪs
methysis
ˈmɛθɪsɪs
nucleosynthesis
ˌnjuːklɪəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
parasynthesis
ˌpærəˈsɪnθɪsɪs
parenthesis
pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs
photosynthesis
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
polysynthesis
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθɪsɪs
prosthesis
ˈprɒsθɪsɪs
prothesis
ˈprɒθɪsɪs
psychosynthesis
ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
synthesis
ˈsɪnθɪsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTITHESIS

antitechnology
antiterrorism
antiterrorist
antithalian
antitheft
antitheism
antitheist
antitheistic
antitheoretical
antitheses
antithet
antithetic
antithetical
antithetically
antithrombin
antithrombotic
antithyroid
antitobacco
antitoxic
antitoxin

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTITHESIS

alternative hypothesis
anthesis
aperture synthesis
catechesis
continuum hypothesis
doctoral thesis
Gaia hypothesis
in parenthesis
Lachesis
mathesis
metathesis
Nemesis
null hypothesis
orchesis
PhD thesis
resynthesis
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
speech synthesis
thesis
voice synthesis
working hypothesis

Synonyms and antonyms of antithesis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANTITHESIS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «antithesis» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of antithesis

Translation of «antithesis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTITHESIS

Find out the translation of antithesis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antithesis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antithesis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

对立面
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antítesis
570 millions of speakers

English

antithesis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विपरीत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антитеза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antítese
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈপরীত্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antithèse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antithesis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegensatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

正反対
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정반대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antithesis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேர்மாறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उलट आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antitez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antitesi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antyteza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антитеза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antiteză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντίθεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antitese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antites
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antitesen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antithesis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTITHESIS»

The term «antithesis» is regularly used and occupies the 57.353 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTITHESIS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «antithesis» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «antithesis» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antithesis

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10 QUOTES WITH «ANTITHESIS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word antithesis.
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Aravind Adiga
Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be.
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John O. Brennan
Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.
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John Clayton
Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.
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Chris Cleave
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.
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Aaron Copland
Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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Carmen Ejogo
I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals.
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Vera Farmiga
We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.
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Sam Harris
Nothing guarantees that reasonable people will agree about everything, of course, but the unreasonable are certain to be divided by their dogmas. It is time we recognized that this spirit of mutual inquiry, which is the foundation of all real science, is the very antithesis of religious faith.
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Dick Morris
Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew themselves unable to bear it. It is the sediment, not the wave, of a sex. It is the antithesis of that highest and sweetest mystery - conviction by submission, and conquest by sacrifice.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTITHESIS»

Discover the use of antithesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antithesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Antithesis
This is a story about God and the Devil, but not how you were taught to believe.This is also a story about love and hate, and the suffering both can bring.This is about rights and wrongs, and all of the spaces in between.This is about ...
Terra Whiteman, 2011
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Antithesis
Or even enemies? How can she know? Who should she believe? Antithesis reveals that the intricate network of daily choices produces life-changing consequences, some rich and rewarding, others disastrous and devastating.
Allison Crews, 2010
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Dialogue and Antithesis: A Philosophical Study on the ...
This academic monograph is a bold attempt to understand and critically assess philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd's thoughts and his contribution to the world. (Philosophy)
Yong Joon Choi, 2006
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Antithesis
Everett and Tarell Graham are as alike as night and day.
Chelsia M. McCoy, 2005
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Orthodoxy and Platonism in Athanasius: Synthesis Or Antithesis?
"The Rough Guide to Greece" has been the definitive guidebook to the country for 30 years.
E. P. Meijering, 1969
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Clues to Acting Shakespeare
Also, whenever one actor is presenting a monologue, all other actors can be assigned to listen for different specific skills (e.g., scansion, phrasing, breathing, feminine endings, elision, antithesis, trochees, etc.), and each gives notes on what ...
Wesley Van Tassel, 2010
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Power in the Pulpit: How America's Most Effective Black ...
There must next be the establishment of the thesis and the antithesis. The thesis position is that which represents the good, the positive, and the constructive part of the text or narrative. The antithesis represents, of course, the mitigating forces ...
Cleophus James LaRue, 2002
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Discourse Analysis: Recurrent Intonation Patterns in the ...
Looking at the written transcript of these opening lines we notice that the antithesis election of 1860 vs. election of 1960 is cued by the plot cues question was : question is and this nation could exist : the world will exist. In the spoken text these ...
Katherina Nanov-Schwehr, 1988
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The Antithesis Between Symbolism and Revelation: Lecture ...
THE ANTITHESIS BETWEEN SYMBOLISM AND REVELATION. MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Availing myself with much pleasure of the opportunity which your kind invitation puts in my way, to say a few words to your ...
Abraham Kuyper, 1899
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The Antithesis of Yoga
Jocelyn. The Antithesis of. Yoga. The Antithesis of Yoga The Antithesis of Yoga A non-fiction. Jocelyn 58070-JOCE-softfront.
Jocelyn, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTITHESIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antithesis is used in the context of the following news items.
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The rhetorical tools used in Obama's powerful Charleston address
Systrophe, antithesis, anaphora, epistrophe, symploce, zeugma, alliteration, syntheton, apostrophe . . . In a speech lasting a little over half an ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
14 of the Best Summer Group Gallery Shows in New York
Curated by artist Mae Fatto, who notes in a press release that she "just wanted to do a show that felt like the antithesis of a white male abstract ... «artnet News, Jul 15»
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'Poldark' Recap: Season 1, Part 3
... at the same time, Ellis left any vestiges of his original Ross back in the 1970s, because Halse is the antithesis of everything Ross represents. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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Sibling incest is a tale as old as time—and it's not going away
... at worst, it's incest as the breaking of the trust between siblings—the antithesis of the mythic ideal of romance as extension of intimacy, not the ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
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“No” vote in Greece is a vote for true recognition of democracy at its …
“The European Union is the exact antithesis of that ideal, and the Greeks have paid a heavy financial price since they joined the single currency ... «UKIP, Jul 15»
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Telltale Games Dig Up Debut Minecraft: Story Mode Trailer
Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode is basically the antithesis of all things Minecraft, delivering a narrative-driven spin-off to the open-ended ... «Game Debate, Jul 15»
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Executive's Desk: Incubators clear away entrepreneur isolation
Business incubators and accelerators are the antithesis of that negative space and New Mexico is home to about a dozen of these ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
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Dinner Sanctum
Here are two men who have been the antithesis of careerists, who have pursued personal projects that have unfolded over decades (their ... «Artforum, Jul 15»
9
Goodbye Greece
They did it! It's the antithesis of logic; perhaps it's a winning strategy. However, in a matter of hours, the people of Greece will know about ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
10
Tyrese Gibson Responds to Forbes for 'Green Lantern' Shade
He's basically the antithesis of Roman from Furious 7.” Upon hearing about the article and checking it out for himself, Gibson took to Facebook ... «Eurweb.com, Jul 15»

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