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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin antithesis (“opposition, contraction”) (in Classical Latin, "permutation of letters"), from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis, “opposition”). By surface analysis, anti- + tese.
Pronunciation
Noun
antítese f (plural antíteses)
- antithesis