an·tith·e·sis 
(ăn-tĭthĭ-sĭs)
(ăn-tĭthĭ-sĭs)n. pl. an·tith·e·ses (-sēz′)
1. Direct contrast; opposition.
2. The direct or exact opposite: Hope is the antithesis of despair.
3.
a. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in "Hee for God only, shee for God in him" (John Milton).
b. The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.
4. The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.
[Late Latin, from Greek, from antitithenai, antithe-, to oppose : anti-, anti- + tithenai, to set; see dhē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- passivator
- passive
- passive-aggressive
- passive immunity
- passive immunization
- passively
- passive-matrix
- passiveness
- passive recreation
- passive resistance
- passive resister
- passive restraint
- passive smoke
- passive transfer
- passive transport
- passivism
- passivist
- passivity
- passkey
- pass lips
- pass muster
- pass muster
- pass off
- pass (one's) lips
- pass one's lips