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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 antithetical

Yet Anders Gravers is in fact a bona fide xenophobe whose views are antithetical to freedom.

The Opponents of Militant Islamism Are Often As Bigoted as Their Targets |Jacob Mchangama |December 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Was Islam antithetical to American ideas of religious freedom and openness of citizenship?

Thomas Jefferson’s Quran: How Islam Shaped the Founders |R.B. Bernstein |September 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Trying to use it do so is antithetical to the achievement of peace and the two-state solution.

Exploiting Jews from Arab Countries |Lara Friedman |August 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As if to drive their antithetical missions home, the two Newsrooms have virtually opposing styles.

Why Canadians Aren’t Laughing at Latest Version of ‘The Newsroom’ |Soraya Roberts |July 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

This latter approach is antithetical to peace and a two-state solution, now or in the future.

The Siren Call of Israeli Unilateralism |Lara Friedman |June 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A less piquant and antithetical English title was, therefore, substituted for the French one.

Louis Pasteur |Ren Vallery-Radot
This also indicates the antithetical positions which the two hold with respect to magic and counter-magic.

Elements of Folk Psychology |Wilhelm Wundt
Not having at hand the simile synthetical, we have resorted to the antithetical.

Jacob Faithful |Captain Frederick Marryat
(i.) The first two terms in each triad evidently form an antithetical couple, of which the third term is the synthesis.

History of Modern Philosophy |Alfred William Benn
Why speak of the God of nature and the God of grace as two antithetical terms?

Glaucus |Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for antithetical

antithetical

antithetic

/ (ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl) /

adjective

of the nature of antithesis

directly contrasted