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15 words match “ANTITHESIS”

ANTITHESIS n. 3 definitions
The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
ADVERSATIVE a.
Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.
ANTIMETATHESIS n.
An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
ANTITHETIC; ANTITHETICAL a.
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
ANTITHETICALLY adv.
By way antithesis.
CON adv.
Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
COUNTERTERM n.
A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.
EPIGRAM n.
The style of the epigram. Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification. B. Cracroft.
FOR n.
id on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it. The fors and against. those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.
FUNDAMENTAL a.
l truth; a fundamental axiom. The fundamental reasons of this war. Shak. Some fundamental antithesis in nature. Whewell. Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords. -- Fundamental chord (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root. -- Fund…
HEMATOCRYA n.
The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma.
HEMATOTHERMA n.
The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya.
ITALIC n.
are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
METER; METRE n.
cific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. Wordsworth.
TO prep.
Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand. Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. 1 Cor. xiii. 12.