ANTITHESIS
\antˈɪθəsˌɪs], \antˈɪθəsˌɪs], \a_n_t_ˈɪ_θ_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of ANTITHESIS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
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Opposition; contrast.
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An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.
By Oddity Software
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The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
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Opposition; contrast.
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An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.
By Noah Webster.
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Opposition; contrast; expression by contrast or opposition of words or ideas; a figure of speech that shows contrast.
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Antithetic, antithetical.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A figure in which thoughts or words are set in contrast : opposition.
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ANTITHETIC, -AL.
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ANTITHETICALLY.
By Daniel Lyons
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ANTITHETICALLY.
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Opposition of words or ideas.
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The contrary; a contrast.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An opposition of thoughts or words.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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