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The opposite you bring up just to make your point look better by comparison.
means A person or thing that is the exact opposite of another, often used to sharpen a contrast.
from From Greek 'antithesis' meaning 'setting against' or 'opposition' — built from 'anti' (against) plus 'tithenai' (to place or put). The Greeks used it originally as a rhetorical term, literally placing one idea against another for effect, before it settled into English as the general word for 'the polar opposite.'
- origin
- greek for setting against
- rhetoric use
- pairs with thesis, then resolves in synthesis
- famous line
- it was the best of times, worst of times
- common slip
- not just a fancy word for opposite