Definition
An antithesis relation is a contrast relation in which:
- the contrasted propositions express events or states that are incompatible with each other, and
- the speaker communicates positive regard (belief or preference) for one or the other.
Examples
(English)
How I use my thumbs is not the problem, but heredity is.
Rather than winning them with our arms, we’d win them by our example.
(Christian Science Monitor)
Kinds
More specific concepts within antithesis relation.
Sources 1
- Mann and Thompson 1987a, 8–9, 16