antithesis
对立面,对立统一,对偶,反义词
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plural an·tith·e·ses [an-tith-uh-seez]. /ænˈtɪθ əˌsiz/.
- : opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
- : the direct opposite: Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
- : Rhetoric. the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”
- : Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.
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Examples
In the Democratic primary in his home state, he was humiliated by his old antithesis Wallace, who beat him decisively.
It cannot be stressed enough that the behavior of the sitting president is the antithesis of the ideals of American democracy, institutions or peaceful transitions.
American Christians may have chosen cynicism in 2016, but cynicism is the antithesis of the Christian faith, and cynicism won’t have the final word in America, either.
The transhuman cannot exist outside of ubuntu, of course, which is the antithesis of the colonial order for a number of reasons.
Tesla’s being touted as a go-go player in the antithesis of a go-go sector.
Belle Knox is the antithesis of Jenna Jameson—and not just in looks.
To me this is the antithesis of what travel should be about.
Married at First Sight is the antithesis of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
Yet its sound is the musical antithesis of a blended Frappuccino.
Now Joffrey, the Starks' black-hearted antithesis, has met a similar fate.
If you did fail, you would try Exclusion, and you would find nothing which is the antithesis of the area of New York.
Thus seen, socialism appeared as the very of law and order, of love and chastity, and of religion itself.