antithese
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- antitese (superseded)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French antithèse, from Latin antithēsis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). Equivalent to anti- + these (“thesis”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
antithese f (plural antithesen or antitheses, diminutive antithesisje n)
- An opposition.
- An antithesis, in logic a proposition that is opposite to another proposition.
- (historical, politics) An electoral strategy historically pursued by confessional political parties to form coalitions of confessional parties against secular parties.