antithesis
/anˈtɪθəsɪs/
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anˈtɪθəsɪs
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an - ˈtɪθəsɪs -> antithesis
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antithesis /æn'tÇθǝsÇs/ n
(pl antitheses ) (fml )
၁။ (က) [C usu sing ] ~ (of sth/sb) ပကတိဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်။ Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
(ခ) [U] ပြောင်းပြန်ဖြစ်သော။ ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်။ The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to the previous one.
၂။ [C , U] ခြားနားသော သရုပ်သကန်ကို ပေါ်လွင်စေရန် ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်စကားလုံးတို့ကို ယှဉ်တွဲသုံးစွဲမှု။ ‘Give me liberty, or give me death’ is an example of antithesis.
❏ antithetical /æntÇ'θetÇkl/ adj ~ (to sth) ဖြောင့်ဖြောင့်ကြီး ဆန့်ကျင်[သော]။ His approach is antithetical to all modern methods.
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