English-Thai Dictionary

antithesis

N การ ใช้ ถ้อยคำ ขัดแย้ง กัน  kan-chai-toi-kham-khad-yaeng-kan

 

antithesis

N สิ่ง ที่ ตรงกันข้าม อย่าง สิ้นเชิง  ผู้ ที่อยู่ ตรงกันข้าม อย่าง สิ้นเชิง  direct opposite converse sing-ti-trong-kan-kham-yang-sin-cheng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANTITHESIS

n.[Gr. from, to place. ] 1. In rhetoric, an opposition of words or sentiments; contrast; as, "When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves we leave them. " "The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself. " "Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding. " Liberty with laws, and government without oppression. "
2. Opposition of opinions; controversy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANTITHESIS

An *tith "e *sis, n.; pl. Antitheses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Thesis. ]

 

1. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. " "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen. "

 

2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

 

3. Opposition; contrast.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

antithesis

an tith e sis |anˈtiTHəsis ænˈtɪθəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. antitheses |-ˌsēz | ) a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else: love is the antithesis of selfishness. • a contrast or opposition between two things: the antithesis between occult and rational mentalities. • a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins ”: his sermons were full of startling antitheses. • (in Hegelian philosophy ) the negation of the thesis as the second stage in the process of dialectical reasoning. Compare with synthesis. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally denoting the substitution of one grammatical case for another ): from late Latin, from Greek antitithenai ‘set against, ’ from anti ‘against ’ + tithenai ‘to place. ’ The earliest current sense, denoting a rhetorical or literary device, dates from the early 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

antithesis

antithesis |anˈtɪθəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. antitheses |-siːz | ) 1 a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else: love is the antithesis of selfishness. • a contrast or opposition between two things: the antithesis between occult and rational mentalities. • [ mass noun ] a rhetorical or literary device in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed. 2 [ mass noun ] (in Hegelian philosophy ) the negation of the thesis as the second stage in the process of dialectical reasoning. Compare with synthesis. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally denoting the substitution of one grammatical case for another ): from late Latin, from Greek antitithenai ‘set against ’, from anti ‘against ’ + tithenai ‘to place ’. The earliest current sense, denoting a rhetorical or literary device, dates from the early 16th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

antithesis

antithesis noun friends of the actress say she is quite the antithesis of her giddy and frivolous character: (complete ) opposite, converse, contrary, reverse, inverse, obverse, other side of the coin; informal flip side.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

antithesis

antithesis noun 1 love is the antithesis of selfishness: (direct ) opposite, converse, reverse, reversal, inverse, obverse; the other extreme, the other side of the coin; informal the flip side. 2 the antithesis between sin and grace: contrast, opposition.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

antithesis

an tith e sis /æntɪ́θəsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sɪ̀ːz /C 1 ｟かたく ｠ «…と » 正反対, 対照 «of , to » .2 対照法, 対句 .3 〘哲 〙アンチテーゼ, 反対命題, 反定立 .