1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Antiperistasis \An`ti*pe*ris"ta*sis\, n. [Gr. ?; 'anti` against + ? a standing around, fr. ? to stand around; ? around + ? to stand.] Opposition by which the quality opposed acquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality. [1913 Webster]
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