antithesis
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Among the artworks returned is a piece titled I Love Antithesis, valued at $2.75m, and Standing Woman that was previously on display at the MoMA, valued at $1.5m.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023
Antithesis reaches its climax in the metaphor of the eighth line: "I was love's cradle once, now love's grave right."
From The Guardian • May 20, 2013
Antithesis of the late hated Chain Publisher Frank Munsey, Frank Gannett gives his editors a free hand, signs his name to anything he asks them to publish in conflict with the papers' policies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Antithesis is a figure of speech in which opposites are contrasted, or one thing is set against another.
From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin
Antithesis, or contrast, is one of the two most effective devices at the disposal of any artist, whether he works with words or colors.
From Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School by Miller, Edwin L.
Vocabulary lists containing antithesis
Power Prefix: Anti
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