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单词 antiperistasis
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antiperistasisn.

/ˌæntɪpəˈrɪstəsɪs/
Etymology: Latin, < Greek ἀντιπερίστασις, < ἀντί against + περίστασις a standing round, circumstance.
arch.
Opposition or contrast of circumstances; the force of contrast or contrariness; resistance or reaction roused against any action.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > force of contrast
antiperistasis1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 47 'Tis (doubtlesse) this Antiperistasis (Beare with the Word, I hold it not amisse..).
1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 24 Having their penury doubled by the Antiperistasis of others plenty.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. 2 Cor. iv. 16 The cold Blasts of Persecution..did by a Spiritual Antiparistasis, encrease the Heat of Grace within.
1837 Macaulay Ld. Bacon in Ess. I. 410/2 He tells us, that in physics the energy with which a principle acts is often increased by the antiperistasis of its opposite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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