Oxymoron vs. Antithesis

A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

Direct contrast; opposition.

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

The direct or exact opposite

A contradiction in terms.

A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in "Hee for God only, shee for God in him" (John Milton).

A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.

The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.

Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.

A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

(rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner

An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."

The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

Opposition; contrast.

Exact opposite;

The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance