antithesis
- IPA[anˈtɪθɪsɪs]
英式
- a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else;a contrast or opposition between two things
noun: antithesis, plural noun: antitheses
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else love is the antithesis of selfishness 同義詞
- ▪ a contrast or opposition between two things the antithesis between occult and rational mentalities 同義詞
- ▪ a rhetorical or literary device in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed figures of speech such as antithesis his sermons were full of startling antitheses
- 2. (in Hegelian philosophy) the negation of the thesis as the second stage in the process of dialectical reasoning.
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- IPA[anˈtiTHəsəs]
美式
- a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else: love is the antithesis of selfishness
Oxford American Dictionary