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antithetic, a. and n.|æntɪˈθɛtɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἀντιθετικός, f. ἀντίθετος: see prec. and -ic.]
A. adj. Of the nature of antithesis:
a. Rhet.
1610Healey St. Aug., City of God xi. xviii. 401 Making the worlds course like a faire poeme, more gratious by antithetike figures. 1778R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) 8 Parallel lines may be reduced to three sorts, parallels synonymous, antithetic, synthetic. 1817Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 113 Which, in the antithetic form..of an adage or maxim, I have been accustomed to word thus: ‘Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.’
†b. Opposing, controversial. Obs.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., In this sense [controversial] we meet with antithetic method, antithetic discourses, etc.
c. Contrasted, directly opposite.
1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 312 The more blasphemous and brutal the exhibition was, the more was a sort of antithetic holiness attached to it.
d. Consisting of two opposites.
1842W. Grove Corr. Phys. For. (ed. 6) 128 The dual or antithetic character of force involved in the term polarity.
B. n. rare.
1. A direct opposite.
1863Russell Diary N. & S. II. 84 The favorite resort of smokers and their antithetics, those who love the pure fresh air.
2. collect. pl. The doctrine of contrasts.
1852M. Stuart Comm. Prov. 31 Two libelli, one for antithetics and the other for synthetics. |