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English
Etymology
From anti- + peristasis.
Noun
antiperistasis (usually uncountable, plural antiperistases)
- (philosophy) The heightening of the force of an opposing process.
1642, Tho Browne, “The Second Part”, in Religio Medici. , 4th edition, London: E. Cotes for Andrew Crook , published 1656, →OCLC, section 10, page 159:here are in the moſt depraved and venemous diſpoſitions, certain pieces that remaine untoucht, vvhich by an Antiperiſtaſis become more excellent, or by the excellency of their antipathies are able to preſerve themſelves from the contagion of their enemies vices, and perſiſt intire beyond the generall corruption.
Translations
the heightening of the force of an opposing process
Latin
Noun
antiperistasis f (genitive antiperistasis or antiperistaseōs or antiperistasios); third declension
- antiperistasis
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
References
- antiperistasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- antiperistasis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016