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antithesis [an-tith-iss-iss, -seez] Noun pl -ses 1. the exact opposite 2. Rhetoric the placing together of contrasting ideas or words to produce an effect of balance, such as where gods command, mere mortals must obey [Greek anti- against + tithenai to place] antithetical adj
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antithesis Translations antithesis [pl antitheses] [ænˈtɪθɪsɪs, -siːz] n → antitesi f inv (= contrast); carattere m antitetico How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There is the same type of antithesis in both cases; for just as blindness is opposed to sight, so is being blind opposed to having sight. But we shall, on the present occasion, carefully avoid polishing the antithesis in question, but shall proceed to draw another picture as minutely as possible, to serve as foil and counterfoil to the one in the preceding chapter. Few men exhibit greater diversity, or, if we may so express it, greater antithesis of character, than the native warrior of North America. |
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