antithesis

About 2.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
2. noun A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
3. noun The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

Similar words

opposite contrary contradiction contrast opposition contradistinction denial negation inverse reverse

Often followed by

of between to is in and which that with

Word family

antitheses