antithesis

• Nom désignant une personne ou une chose qui est l'exact opposé d'une autre, ou une figure de rhétorique opposant deux idées contraires.

A noun referring to a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else, or a rhetorical device contrasting opposing ideas.

pluriel irrégulier

1. C1formal

   A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

   Opposé direct

   • His calm demeanor was the antithesis of her anxious nature.
   • The new policy is the antithesis of everything we stand for.
   • Love is often considered the antithesis of hate.

   Synonymescontradictioncontrarycontrastconverseinverseobverseoppositereverse

   Antonymescounterpartequivalentlikenesssame

2. Rhetorical deviceC2formal

   A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words.

   Antithèse (figure de rhétorique)

   • The speech used antithesis effectively: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'
   • She employed antithesis to highlight the contrast between wealth and poverty.
   • The writer's use of antithesis made the argument more compelling.

   Synonymescontrastjuxtapositionopposition