Word:
Antithesis
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The exact opposite of something or someone: the state of two things being completely opposite to each other.
Sentences:
1) True love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control a person.
2) Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
Origin:
Late Latin, Greek, literally meaning 'opposition', from antitheminai.
First use:
1529
Synonyms:
opposite, contrary, counter
Antonyms:
similar, same.
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