antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism &c (opposition)
708; clashing, repugnance.
inversion &c 218; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the
converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme.
V. be contrary &c adj.; contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo
[Lat.].
invert, reverse, turn the tables; turn topsy-turvy, turn end for
end, turn upside down, turn inside out.
contradict, contravene; antagonize &c 708.
Adj. contrary, contrarious†, contrariant†; opposite, counter, dead
against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted,
antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent,
contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile &c 703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.]; diametrically opposite; diametrically
opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and
darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as
different as night and day; Hyperion to a satyr [Hamlet]; quite the
contrary, quite the reverse; no such thing, just the other way, tout au
contraire [Fr.].
Adv. contrarily &c adj.; contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the
contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on the other hand &c (in
compensation) 30.
Phr. all concord's born of contraries [B.
Jonson].
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis [Marx].