Death is the antithesis of life.
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Antithesis
//ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs//
Synonyms for "antithesis" (79 found)
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Related words (39)
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12 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντίθεσις noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Catalan
1 entries- antítesi noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 對偶 /对偶 noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- 對照 /对照 noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- 對立 /对立 noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Czech
1 entries- antiteze noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Danish
1 entries- antitese noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Dutch
1 entries- antithese noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Esperanto
1 entries- antitezo noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Finnish
2 entries- antiteesi noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- vastakohta noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
French
1 entries- antithèse noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
German
1 entries- Antithese noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Greek
1 entries- αντίθεση noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रतिपक्ष noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Hungarian
1 entries- antitézis noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Indonesian
1 entries- antitesis noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Irish
1 entries- fritéis noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Italian
1 entries- antitesi noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Japanese
2 entries- アンチテーゼ noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- 対照 noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Literary Chinese
1 entries- 麗辭 noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Māori
2 entries- kupu tauaro noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- tauarotanga noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Old Norse
1 entries- refhvǫrf noun (figure of speech)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طباق noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- طباق noun (figure of speech)
Polish
1 entries- antyteza noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Portuguese
1 entries- antítese noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Romanian
1 entries- antiteză noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Russian
3 entries- антите́за noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- антите́зис noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
- противополо́жность noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- antiteza noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Slovene
1 entries- antiteza noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Spanish
1 entries- antítesis noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Swahili
1 entries- tabaini noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Swedish
1 entries- antites noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Tagalog
1 entries- gantintikha noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Telugu
1 entries- వికల్పము noun (figure of speech)
Thai
1 entries- ภาวะแย้ง noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Ukrainian
1 entries- антите́за noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phản đề noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Welsh
1 entries- gwrthosodiad noun (proposition that is opposite to other proposition)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Cosmos is the antithesis of chaos.
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A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.
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Hegelianism was the early inspiration of the youthful Marx, and it is natural that everyone should link up the new ideas with the old as a development, an amendment, an antithesis.
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