antithesisn.

/ænˈtɪθɪsɪs/

Forms: Pl. antitheses.

Etymology: < Latin antithesis, < Greek ἀντίθεσις opposition, n. of action < ἀντιτιθέναι, < ἀντί against + τιθέναι (stem θε-) to place; already in Greek a term of Logic and Rhetoric.

1. Rhetoric. An opposition or contrast of ideas, expressed by using as the corresponding members of two contiguous sentences or clauses, words which are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other; as ‘he must increase, but I must decrease,’ ‘in newness of spirit, not in the oldness of the letter’.

ΚΠ

1529 J. Frith (title) Antithesis; wherein are compared togeder Christes actes and oure holye Father the Popes.

1674 Govt. Tongue iii. §17. 115 These are miserable antithesis's.

1743 Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 306 Light-arm'd with Points, Antitheses, and Puns.

1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 29 In an Antithesis, one contrary must be pronounced louder than the other.

1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 9 When the balanced clauses stand in antithesis, it lends emphasis to the opposition.

2. The second of two such opposed clauses or sentences; a proposition opposed to a thesis; a counter-thesis or -proposition.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > antithesis > second member of

antithesis1533

1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Gvi^v, As the contrary antithesis doth euidently expresse.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III Pref., Impossible..to discusse such an hypothesis without some opposition against such as defend the antithesis.

1678 J. Owen Ζυνεσις Πνευματικη iii. 91 Given to disputing, or the maintaining of Antitheseses, or oppositions unto the Truth.

1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 264 The style of Junius is a sort of metre, the law of which is a balance of thesis and antithesis.

3. By extension: Direct or striking opposition of character or functions (between two things); contrast. Const. of, between (with obs.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun]

riot?c1225

contrariositya1340

contrarietyc1380

contrariness1398

contrariousness1398

repugnance?a1425

contrariancec1450

oppositiona1500

contraposition1581

countermatching1587

counterposition1594

antipathy1601

antistrophe1605

thwarting1609

contrariancya1617

antithesis1631

contrast1731

contrastiveness1949

1631 J. Preston Treat. Effectual Faith 40 That Antithesis, that opposition that is made in that withdrawing of a mans selfe from God.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xvii. 262 The antithesis of natural and revealed religion.

1872 C. Darwin Emotions i. 5 Movements, so clearly expressive of affections..being in complete opposition or antithesis to the attitude and movements which are expressive of anger.

4. The direct opposite, the contrast. Const. of, to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something > of or to something spec.

reversec1405

negative1532

repugnancy1586

antithesis1831

1831 Macaulay Moore's Life Byron in Ess. I. 161 The reverse of a great dramatist, the very antithesis to a great dramatist.

1857 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets vii. 244 Rhyme is sometimes taken as the antithesis of reason.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xl. 327 Is not the Pharisaic spirit..the antithesis of the Christian?

†5. (See quot.) Obs.

ΚΠ

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B2, Antithesis, or Antistœchon: where if l follows immediately after r..they change r into l, to make the sound the pleasanter, as for Dexarle, dexalle.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique 172 Antithesis is sometimes a figure, whereby one letter is put for another; and then it is the same with Antistoichon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	antithesis
释义	antithesisn. /ænˈtɪθɪsɪs/ Forms: Pl. antitheses. Etymology: < Latin antithesis, < Greek ἀντίθεσις opposition, n. of action < ἀντιτιθέναι, < ἀντί against + τιθέναι (stem θε-) to place; already in Greek a term of Logic and Rhetoric. 1. Rhetoric. An opposition or contrast of ideas, expressed by using as the corresponding members of two contiguous sentences or clauses, words which are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other; as ‘he must increase, but I must decrease,’ ‘in newness of spirit, not in the oldness of the letter’. ΚΠ 1529 J. Frith (title) Antithesis; wherein are compared togeder Christes actes and oure holye Father the Popes. 1674 Govt. Tongue iii. §17. 115 These are miserable antithesis's. 1743 Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 306 Light-arm'd with Points, Antitheses, and Puns. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 29 In an Antithesis, one contrary must be pronounced louder than the other. 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 9 When the balanced clauses stand in antithesis, it lends emphasis to the opposition. 2. The second of two such opposed clauses or sentences; a proposition opposed to a thesis; a counter-thesis or -proposition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > antithesis > second member of antithesis1533 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Gvi^v, As the contrary antithesis doth euidently expresse. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III Pref., Impossible..to discusse such an hypothesis without some opposition against such as defend the antithesis. 1678 J. Owen Ζυνεσις Πνευματικη iii. 91 Given to disputing, or the maintaining of Antitheseses, or oppositions unto the Truth. 1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 264 The style of Junius is a sort of metre, the law of which is a balance of thesis and antithesis. 3. By extension: Direct or striking opposition of character or functions (between two things); contrast. Const. of, between (with obs.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] riot?c1225 contrariositya1340 contrarietyc1380 contrariness1398 contrariousness1398 repugnance?a1425 contrariancec1450 oppositiona1500 contraposition1581 countermatching1587 counterposition1594 antipathy1601 antistrophe1605 thwarting1609 contrariancya1617 antithesis1631 contrast1731 contrastiveness1949 1631 J. Preston Treat. Effectual Faith 40 That Antithesis, that opposition that is made in that withdrawing of a mans selfe from God. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xvii. 262 The antithesis of natural and revealed religion. 1872 C. Darwin Emotions i. 5 Movements, so clearly expressive of affections..being in complete opposition or antithesis to the attitude and movements which are expressive of anger. 4. The direct opposite, the contrast. Const. of, to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the opposite of something > of or to something spec. reversec1405 negative1532 repugnancy1586 antithesis1831 1831 Macaulay Moore's Life Byron in Ess. I. 161 The reverse of a great dramatist, the very antithesis to a great dramatist. 1857 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets vii. 244 Rhyme is sometimes taken as the antithesis of reason. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xl. 327 Is not the Pharisaic spirit..the antithesis of the Christian? †5. (See quot.) Obs. ΚΠ 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B2, Antithesis, or Antistœchon: where if l follows immediately after r..they change r into l, to make the sound the pleasanter, as for Dexarle, dexalle. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique 172 Antithesis is sometimes a figure, whereby one letter is put for another; and then it is the same with Antistoichon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1529
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