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antithesis.

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ænˈtɪθ.ɪ.sɪs//ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs//ænˈtɪθ.ə.səs/
  1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

  2. A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner

    rhetoric
  3. The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- + thesis.

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