Associations to the word «Antithesis»

Wiktionary

ANTITHESIS, noun. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
ANTITHESIS, noun. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

Dictionary definition

ANTITHESIS, noun. Exact opposite; "his theory is the antithesis of mine".
ANTITHESIS, noun. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca