opposition; contrast

the antithesis of right and wrong.

the direct opposite (usually fol. by of or to )

Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.

Rhetoric .

the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in Give me liberty or give me death.

the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as or give me death.

Philosophy . See under Hegelian dialectic .

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antipode , antipole , contra , contradictory , contrary , contrast , converse , counter , flip side * , inverse , other side , reverse , antagonism , contradiction , contradistinction , contraposition , contrariety , inversion , opposure , reversal , contrariness , polarity , antipodes , antonym , opposite