Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - antithesis
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(antitheses) The antithesis of something is its exact opposite. (FORMAL) The little black dress is the anithesis of fussy dressing. = opposite N-COUNT: usu the N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural antitheses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, literally, opposition, from antitithenai to oppose, from anti- + tithenai to set — more at do Date: 1529 1. a. (1) the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in “action, not words” or “they promised freedom and provided slavery”) (2) opposition, contrast the ~ of prose and verse b. (1) the second of two opposing constituents of an ~ (2) the direct opposite her temperament is the very ~ of mine 2. the second stage of a dialectic process ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. antitheses) 1 (foll. by of, to) the direct opposite. 2 (usu. foll. by of, between) contrast or opposition between two things. 3 a contrast of ideas expressed by parallelism of strongly contrasted words. Etymology: LL f. Gk antitithemi set against (as ANTI-, tithemi place) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. филос. антитезис 2. стил. антитеза, резкое противопоставление противоположностей 3. полная противоположность striking antithesis —- резкая противоположность, резкий контраст ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun; pl. -ses 1) антитеза, противопоставление противоположностей 2) контраст, полная противоположность ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1529, from L.L. antithesis, from Gk. antitithenai "to set against, oppose," a term in logic, from anti- "against" + tithenai "to place." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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