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antithetical

[ an-tuh-thet-i-kuh l ]

/ ˌæn təˈθɛt ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of the nature of or involving antithesis.

directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.

Also Archaic, an·ti·thet·ic.

Origin of antithetical

1575–85; antithetic (< Greek antithetikós, equivalent to anti(ti)thé(nai) to set in opposition + -tikos -tic) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM antithetical

an·ti·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby antithetical

antiterrorist, antitheft, antithenar, antithermic, antithesis, antithetical, antithrombin, antithrombotic, antitorque rotor, antitoxic, antitoxin

Example sentences from the Web for antithetic

Regarded in itself, this notion is only a verbal entity, unduly taking form as the common basis of two antithetic types.

A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson |Edouard le Roy
His periods are antithetic; each contains a surprise and a witty point.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History |Henry Coppee
To one familiar with Parisian ways these antithetic notices promised a beautiful scrimmage.

Paris and the Social Revolution |Alvan Francis Sanborn
It is only in the vocabulary of very careless thinkers that the words truth and fiction are regarded as antithetic.

Materials and Methods of Fiction |Clayton Hamilton

From this point of view, there is properly no antithetic of pure reason.

The Critique of Pure Reason |Immanuel Kant

British Dictionary definitions for antithetic

antithetical

antithetic

/ (ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl) /

adjective

of the nature of antithesis

directly contrasted