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antithesis
noun
an·tith·e·sis an-ˈti-thə-səs 
plural antitheses an-ˈti-thə-ˌsēz
1
b(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)
c
: the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted
Did you know?
Writers and speechmakers use the traditional pattern known as antithesis for its resounding effect; John Kennedy's famous "ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country" is an example. But antithesis normally means simply "opposite". Thus, war is the antithesis of peace, wealth is the antithesis of poverty, and love is the antithesis of hate. Holding two antithetical ideas in one's head at the same time—for example, that you're the sole master of your fate but also the helpless victim of your terrible upbringing—is so common as to be almost normal.
Example Sentences
In urban areas, middle schools often became the antithesis of what reformers had intended. Instead of warm incubators of independence and judgment, they became impersonal, oppressive institutions. 
Claudia Wallis, Time, 8 Aug. 2005 Yet the newest residential rage in Dallas is the antithesis of the traditional neighborhood: the gated community. Depending on your income and level of anxiety, these private enclaves may contain golf courses, health clubs and equestrian centers … Paul McFedries, Word Spy, 2004 Cato, who dosed his family on cabbage soup, derided Greek physicians as the antithesis of Roman virtue: they were frauds who cheated patients and 'have sworn to kill all barbarians with their drugs'. Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, 1997 true love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control that person's life
Claudia Wallis, Time, 8 Aug. 2005 Yet the newest residential rage in Dallas is the antithesis of the traditional neighborhood: the gated community. Depending on your income and level of anxiety, these private enclaves may contain golf courses, health clubs and equestrian centers … Paul McFedries, Word Spy, 2004 Cato, who dosed his family on cabbage soup, derided Greek physicians as the antithesis of Roman virtue: they were frauds who cheated patients and 'have sworn to kill all barbarians with their drugs'. Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, 1997 true love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control that person's life Recent Examples on the Web Cairo has earned high marks in his first week for being the antithesis of La Russaism. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 For a subset of the industry that claims to promote body positivity and self‑love, that feels like the very antithesis of the message. Gianluca Russo, Allure, 17 Aug. 2022 Government unions are the antithesis of a free country. Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Las Vegas’s new style is the antithesis of how the franchise played basketball since relocating from San Antonio ahead of the 2018 season. Laine Higgins, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Trying too hard is the antithesis of cool, but not trying at all — mere charmlessness or grossness — isn’t cool, either. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Anthony was the bad boy in season 1, in many ways the shagging, chaotic, antithesis of the stoic, simmering Duke. Holly Thomas, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022 The very antithesis to what efterskole is about, as their headmaster Rune Peitersen puts it. Vogue, 3 Mar. 2022 Alice’s daughter, perhaps relatable to our pre-pandemic selves, is the antithesis of Alice: a successful, unhappy writer, well traveled and independent, who has taken charge of the big things that define her life. Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022 See More
Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 For a subset of the industry that claims to promote body positivity and self‑love, that feels like the very antithesis of the message. Gianluca Russo, Allure, 17 Aug. 2022 Government unions are the antithesis of a free country. Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Las Vegas’s new style is the antithesis of how the franchise played basketball since relocating from San Antonio ahead of the 2018 season. Laine Higgins, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Trying too hard is the antithesis of cool, but not trying at all — mere charmlessness or grossness — isn’t cool, either. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Anthony was the bad boy in season 1, in many ways the shagging, chaotic, antithesis of the stoic, simmering Duke. Holly Thomas, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022 The very antithesis to what efterskole is about, as their headmaster Rune Peitersen puts it. Vogue, 3 Mar. 2022 Alice’s daughter, perhaps relatable to our pre-pandemic selves, is the antithesis of Alice: a successful, unhappy writer, well traveled and independent, who has taken charge of the big things that define her life. Apoorva Tadepalli, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek, literally, opposition, from antitithenai to oppose, from anti- + tithenai to set — more at do
First Known Use
1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1b(1)
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