antisyzygy

(ˌæntɪˈsɪzɪdʒɪ)

the joining together of opposites

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Gregory Smith's 'Caledonian Antisyzygy', hardened into twentieth-century dogma, the consensus had its roots in J.

The Scottish Enlightenment and Literary Culture

In "Caledonian Antisyzygy" (1962) MacDiarmid confronts his dilemma: "I write now in English now in Scots / To the despair of friends who plead / For consistency."

Hugh MacDiarmid. On a Raised Beach and Other Poems / Sopra un terrazzo marino e altre poesie

Gregory Smith has called "the Caledonian antisyzygy" (the conjunction of opposites), as well as other national characteristics.

Scottish Literature Since 1707

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