ANTITHESIS

(noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ begins with the famous antithesis – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..” -added by naila_inlas
(noun) exact opposite
"his theory is the antithesis of mine"

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(Tag: Global) antithesis ~ anti + the + sis; I am always anti (against) to my sister's(sis) ideas.
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Mnemonics for antithesis

(Tag: eng) anti means opposite and thesis means a description of an idea or a topic hence antithesis means opposite to idea
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(Tag: ) AUNTY+THESIS....an aunty writing thesis is exactly opposite to her behavior because auntys love shopping,gossiping....writing thesis is exactly opposite!!!!
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(Tag: ) ANTITHESIS<===> विपरीत (pr. \\viparit \\ )[Noun] Example:Rich is the antithesis of poor.
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