/
anˈtɪθəsɪs/
n.
(pl. antitheses
/-siːz/
)
- a person or thing that is the direct opposite of another.
▸a contrast or opposition between two things.
- a rhetorical or literary device in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed.
- (in Hegelian philosophy) the negation of the thesis as the second stage in the process of dialectical reasoning. Compare with synthesis.
Etymology
ME: from late L., from Gk antitithenai ‘set against’.