antithese
Dutch
Alternative forms
- antitese (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from French antithèse, from Latin antithēsis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). Equivalent to anti- + these (“thesis”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑn.tiˌteː.zə/, /ˌɑn.tiˈteː.zə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: an‧ti‧the‧se
- Rhymes: -eːzə
Noun
antithese f (plural antithesen or antitheses, diminutive antithesetje n)
- an opposition
- an antithesis, in logic a proposition that is opposite to another proposition
- (historical, politics) an electoral strategy historically pursued by confessional political parties to form coalitions of confessional parties against secular parties
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Related terms
- antithetica
- antithetisch
- these