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antithesis:
- Gegenstück; Gegenteil; Gegenübergestellte; Gegensatz
Wiktionary:
- antithesis → Antithese
- antithesis → Gegensatz, Kontrast, Antithese, Gegenstellung, Gegenbehauptung

English

Detailed Translations for antithesis from English to German

antithesis:

antithesis [the ~] noun

the antithesis
Gegenstück; Gegenteil
- Gegenstück [das ~] noun
- Gegenteil [das ~] noun
the antithesis (opposite; contrary)
Gegenübergestellte; der Gegensatz; Gegenteil
- Gegenübergestellte [das ~] noun
- Gegensatz [der ~] noun
- Gegenteil [das ~] noun

Translation Matrix for antithesis:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Gegensatz	antithesis; contrary; opposite	antipole; contradistinction; contrary; contrast; discrepancy; opposite; reverse
Gegenstück	antithesis	antipole; contrary; counterpart; equal; match; opposite; opposite number; peer; pendant; pendent; reverse
Gegenteil	antithesis; contrary; opposite	antipole; contrary; opposite; reverse
Gegenübergestellte	antithesis; contrary; opposite

Related Words for "antithesis":

antitheses

Synonyms for "antithesis":

opposition; oppositeness
rhetorical device

Related Definitions for "antithesis":

the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance¹
exact opposite¹
- his theory is the antithesis of mine¹

Wiktionary Translations for antithesis:

antithesis

noun

proposition that is opposite to other proposition
- antithesis → Antithese

antithesis

Philosophie, Dialektik, Dialogik:
- Gegensatz → antithesis

noun

Gegenbehauptung; einer These entgegenstellen These
- Antithese → antithesis

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• antithesis	→ Kontrast; Gegensatz	↔ tegenstelling — het tegenovergestelde
• antithesis	→ Kontrast; Gegensatz	↔ contrast — opvallende tegenstelling
• antithesis	→ Kontrast; Gegensatz	↔ antithese — het tegenovergestelde
• antithesis	→ Antithese; Gegensatz; Gegenstellung; Gegenbehauptung	↔ antithèse — rhéto\|fr figure par laquelle on opposer, dans un discours, des choses contraires les unes aux autres.

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