antithesis
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1 antithesis
Exact opposite.
Roget 577: ornament; floridness c†. adj.. turgidity, turgescence†; altiloquence etc. adj.†; declamation, teratology†; well-rounded periods; elegance etc. 578; ... meer laten zien
Roget 578: elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness etc. adj.; concinnity†, euphony, numerosity†; Atticism†, classicalism†, ... meer laten zien
Roget 14: contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism etc. (opposition) 708; clashing, repugnance. inversion etc. ... meer laten zien
Roget 574: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness etc. adj.; intellectual, force; spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy; ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: tegenstelling, contrast, antithese
2 antithesis
The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance.
Pools: przeciwstawnia, antyteza
uitdrukking
Roget 14: all concord's born of contraries" [B. Jonson]. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis [Marx].
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: antagonism, anteposition, antipathy, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antonym, clashing, collision, con, conflict, confrontation, confrontment, contention, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition ... meer laten zien.
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