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‖ antiperistasis arch.|ˌæntɪpəˈrɪstəsɪs|
[L., a. Gr. ἀντιπερίστασις, f. ἀντί against + περίστασις a standing round, circumstance.]
Opposition or contrast of circumstances; the force of contrast or contrariness; resistance or reaction roused against any action.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. (1633) 29 Tis doubtless this Antiperistasis (Bear with the word, I hold it not amiss). 1640Fuller Joseph's Coat (1867) 29 Having their penury doubled by the antiperistasis of others plenty. a1703Burkitt On N.T. 2 Cor. iv. 16 The cold blasts of persecution..did, by a spiritual antiperistasis, increase the heat of grace within. 1837Macaulay Bacon, Ess. I. 410/2 He tells us, that in physics the energy with which a principle acts is often increased by the antiperistasis of its opposite. |
