ἀντίθεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐτῐ́θημῐ (antitíthēmi, to set against) + -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́θεσῐς (antíthesis) f (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐθέσεως); third declension

  1. opposition, resistance
  2. contradiction
  3. (rhetoric) antithesis
  4. (grammar) change or transposition of a letter

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