antitesis

Learned borrowing from Latin antithesis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis).

• IPA^(key): /an.ti.ˈte.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -sɪs
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧te‧sis

antitesis (plural antitesis-antitesis)

1. antithesis

• “antitesis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Spanish antítesis, from Late Latin antithesis, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis). By surface analysis, anti- +‎ tesis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔantiˈtesis/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪ɛː.sɪs], /ʔanˈtitesis/ [ʔɐn̪ˌt̪iː.t̪ɛˈsɪs]
• Rhymes: -esis, -itesis
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧te‧sis

antitesis or antítesís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. antithesis

• “antitesis”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “antitesis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 40