正せいと反はん

expression

thesis and antithesis

A set phrase from dialectical reasoning, contrasting a proposition with its opposite. Used in formal or academic contexts.

• 弁べん証しょう法ほうでは、正せいと反はんの対たい立りつから合ごうが生うまれる。

  In dialectics, synthesis arises from the opposition of thesis and antithesis.