Gegensatz — meaning in English
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English meaning
- antagonism noun A strong feeling of hostility or opposition toward someone or something.
- antithesis noun The exact opposite of something, especially a person or thing that contradicts everything another stands for.
- conflict noun A serious disagreement or clash, especially a prolonged one.
- contradiction noun A statement or idea that is inconsistent with another, or that clashes with itself.
- contrast noun A clear difference between two things when they are compared.
- opposite adjective Located directly across from something, or facing the other direction.
Senses
Gegensatz is used for these senses in English:
- antagonism A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
- antithesis A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
- conflict A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- contradiction (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
- contrast (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
antithesis — full definition
- noun The exact opposite of something, especially a person or thing that contradicts everything another stands for.
- noun A rhetorical device in which two contrasting ideas are set against each other in a balanced phrase or sentence.
- noun In philosophy, the idea that opposes an initial proposition in a dialectical argument, standing between thesis and synthesis.