• (America) IPA: /ænˈtɪ.θə.sɪs/

antithesis (plural antitheses)

1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
2. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511 ↗, page 22 ↗:

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

• epitome

• French: antithèse
• German: Antithese
• Italian: antitesi
• Portuguese: antítese
• Russian: антите́за
• Spanish: antítesis