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antithesis
noun
(an-tith-e-sis)
the direct opposite
antithesis
noun
(an-tith-e-sis)
the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery")
antithesis
noun
(an-tith-e-sis)
opposition, contrast
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contradistinction
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negation
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contradiction
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opposite
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contrast
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contrary
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denial
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opposition
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epitome
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personification
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individualism
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paragon
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nonsense
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utopia
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clownishness
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antipode
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esque
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reification
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vacuousness
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foppery
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essence
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reductio ad absurdum
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rugged individualist
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paean
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joylessness
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hyperbaton
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istic
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potemkin village
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regnant
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poshness
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pseudo
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bolshevism
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simulacrum
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hardass
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antithesis
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