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antithesis (verb)

The antithesis is a person or thing that is the direct or polar opposite of someone or something else. It also refers to a rhetorical device where two contrasting ideas are placed together in a balanced grammatical structure to achieve a contrasting effect.

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"His cluttered, chaotic desk is the antithesis of his otherwise organized lifestyle."

🔗 Synonyms
opposite converse contrary reverse inverse
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