antiperistasis
antiperistasis noun: the heightening of the force of an opposing process.
Noun
antiperistasis (usually uncountable, plural antiperistases)
- The heightening of the force of an opposing process.
- The poore people in Corinth did ſee, and ſmell, vvhat the rich men taſted, Tantalizing all the vvhile, and having their penury doubled by the Antiperiſtaſis of others plenty; yea, ryot and exceſſe, for ſome of them vvere drunken.1640, Thomas Fuller, “A Comment on 1 Cor. II. 20. 21.”, in Ioseph’s Partie-coloured Coat: Containing, a Comment on Part of the II. Chapter of the I. Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians. […]...
- [T]here are in the moſt depraved and venemous diſpoſitions, certain pieces that remaine untoucht, vvhich by an Antiperiſtaſis become more excellent, or by the excellency of their antipathies are able to preſerve themſelves from the contagion of their enemies vices, and perſiſt intire beyond the...1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The Second Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC, section 10, page 159
Forms of antiperistasis
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Origin of antiperistasis
From anti- + peristasis.
Questions about antiperistasis
- What does antiperistasis mean?
- Antiperistasis means the heightening of the force of an opposing process.
- What part of speech is antiperistasis?
- Antiperistasis is a noun.
- What is the plural of antiperistasis?
- The plural of antiperistasis is antiperistases.
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