What does antitheses mean?
nounA statement or phrase in which two opposite ideas, words, or phrases are contrasted in order to highlight their differences. A rhetorical device in which two contrasting ideas are placed side by side in a sentence.
Example
"The politician's speech was full of antitheses, contrasting the benefits of progress with the dangers of stagnation."
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