antithese

• antitese (superseded)

Borrowed from French antithèse, from Latin antithēsis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). Equivalent to anti- +‎ these (“thesis”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tiˌteː.zə/, /ˌɑn.tiˈteː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧the‧se
• Rhymes: -eːzə

antithese f (plural antithesen or antitheses, diminutive antithesetje n)

1. an opposition
2. an antithesis, in logic a proposition that is opposite to another proposition
3. (historical, politics) an electoral strategy historically pursued by confessional political parties to form coalitions of confessional parties against secular parties

• tegenstelling

• these, thesis

• antithetica
• antithetisch
• these

• atheïsten