antitheses
- plural of antithesis.
Example Sentences
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To illuminate his dark subject matter, Fiedler adopts a punchy, aggressive prose replete with antitheses, exclamation marks, capitalized terminology and bold generalizations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In the New York that shaped Trump’s aesthetics, that description would have suited affordable housing projects like Waterside Plaza, River Park Towers, Chatham Towers, and Tracey Towers—the antitheses of Trump’s new brand.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2018
He’s all about exploring understated antitheses, not brazen theses.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2018
Lancaster had been seen as the antitheses of predecessor Martin Johnson: one a big name but never before a coach, the other an outsider who had coached his way up from the grassroots.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2015
Sentence is bound to sentence with repeated words—“conceive,” “dedicate,” “consecrate”— and with the antitheses of “we” and “they,” “living” and “dead.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
