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noun, plural an·tith·e·ses 
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opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
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the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to): Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
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Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.
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Antithesis
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| a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs or principles that he or she does not actually possess |
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Hegelian dialectic
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an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis), the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis).
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antithesis
1520s, from L.L. antithesis, from Gk. antithesis "opposition," lit. "a placing against," noun of action from antitithenai "to set against, oppose," a term in logic, from anti- "against" + tithenai "to place," from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious).
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antithesis
a figure of speech in which irreconcilable opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are placed in sharp juxtaposition and sustained tension, as in the saying "Art is long, and Time is fleeting."
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