antithèse
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]antithèse f (plural antithèses)
- (rhetoric) antithesis (figure of speech by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form)
- (philosophy, logic) antithesis
- (figuratively) polar opposite
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “antithèse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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