Antithet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An antithetical or contrasted statement. archaic

Etymology

From Latin antithetum, antitheton, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivization of the neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”).

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