ANTITHESIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: antitheses

Meaning:

The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("antithesis" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Derivation:

antithetic (sharply contrasted in character or purpose)

Meaning:

Exact opposite

Example:

his theory is the antithesis of mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("antithesis" is a kind of...):

oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)

Derivation:

antithetic; antithetical (sharply contrasted in character or purpose)