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antithesis

/an-tith-uh-sis/US // ænˈtɪθ ə sɪs //UK // (ænˈtɪθɪsɪs) //

对立面,对立统一,对偶,反义词

Related Words

inverse逆转,倒数,颠倒,逆向reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒converse匡威,匡时,匡威公司,匡威的contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是antipode反义词,反方向,反之亦然,反方向的contradictory矛盾的,互相矛盾的,矛盾,矛盾的是contrast对比,对照,对比度,对比一下counter柜台,计数器,柜子,柜台的contra忌讳,忌,违反,矛盾inversion颠倒,倒置,倒挂,颠倒法contradistinction矛盾,区别,对比,矛盾性antagonism对抗性,对立,对抗,对立面contradiction矛盾,矛盾冲突,矛盾的,悖论reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆contrariety反差,矛盾,矛盾性,对比性flip side翻面,翻页,翻页的一面,翻面的antipole反极点,反极板,反极,反极地contraposition矛盾,矛盾冲突,对比,矛盾点

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·tith·e·ses [an-tith-uh-seez]. /ænˈtɪθ əˌsiz/.

    • : opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
    • : the direct opposite: Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
    • : Rhetoric. the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”
    • : Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounexact opposite
Synonyms
antipode反义词,反方向,反之亦然,反方向的contra忌讳,忌,违反,矛盾contradictory矛盾的,互相矛盾的,矛盾,矛盾的是contrary反之,相反的,相反地,相反的是contrast对比,对照,对比度,对比一下converse匡威,匡时,匡威公司,匡威的counter柜台,计数器,柜子,柜台的inverse逆转,倒数,颠倒,逆向reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒antipole反极点,反极板,反极,反极地flip side翻面,翻页,翻页的一面,翻面的other side另一边,另一侧,另一方,另一面
nouncontrast, opposition
Synonyms
antagonism对抗性,对立,对抗,对立面contradiction矛盾,矛盾冲突,矛盾的,悖论contradistinction矛盾,区别,对比,矛盾性contrariety反差,矛盾,矛盾性,对比性inversion颠倒,倒置,倒挂,颠倒法reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆contraposition矛盾,矛盾冲突,对比,矛盾点opposure曝光,暴露,曝光率,揭露

Examples

  • In the Democratic primary in his home state, he was humiliated by his old antithesis Wallace, who beat him decisively.

  • It cannot be stressed enough that the behavior of the sitting president is the antithesis of the ideals of American democracy, institutions or peaceful transitions.

  • American Christians may have chosen cynicism in 2016, but cynicism is the antithesis of the Christian faith, and cynicism won’t have the final word in America, either.

  • The transhuman cannot exist outside of ubuntu, of course, which is the antithesis of the colonial order for a number of reasons.

  • Tesla’s being touted as a go-go player in the antithesis of a go-go sector.

  • Belle Knox is the antithesis of Jenna Jameson—and not just in looks.

  • To me this is the antithesis of what travel should be about.

  • Married at First Sight is the antithesis of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

  • Yet its sound is the musical antithesis of a blended Frappuccino.

  • Now Joffrey, the Starks' black-hearted antithesis, has met a similar fate.

  • If you did fail, you would try Exclusion, and you would find nothing which is the antithesis of the area of New York.

  • Thus seen, socialism appeared as the very antithesis of law and order, of love and chastity, and of religion itself.

  • There is, however, but little danger of overdoing the parallel construction where there is no antithesis.

  • Nor is it to be wondered at, if we consider the antithesis which is presented to their usual mode of life.

  • He is a sentimental Classicist, and his subjects the antithesis of the Grco-Roman ideal to which he does homage in his technique.

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