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Definition of antithesis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
- Students finishing their education at 16 is the very antithesis of what society needs.
- The current establishment is the antithesis of democracy.
- antithesis between
- antithesis of
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- There is an antithesis between the needs of the state and the needs of the people.
- the sharp antithesis between their views
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Meaning of antithesis in English
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- antithetical
- anything but idiom
- diametrical
- dichotomist
- dichotomous
- or otherwise idiom
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