antithesis

Definitions

1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
2. A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
   rhetoric
3. The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

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Examples

“Unless one final Schlafly paradox gets in the way. Before she died, the First Lady of the Conservative Movement endorsed Trump. That makes sense⟳: Schlafly was a paleoconservative who was worried about immigration. But Trump has turned out to be the most unchivalrous candidate in living memory, the very antithesis of Schlafly’s ideal Christian standard.”

“On the night of the 2nd of March⟳ 2025, your actions were the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for.”

“Antithesis, opposing things to things, Oft from the contrast strength and beauty brings.”

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