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an⋅ti⋅thet⋅ic

  [an-tuh-thet-ik]
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–adjective
1. of the nature of or involving antithesis.
2. directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Also, an⋅ti⋅thet⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1575–85; < Gk antithetikós, equiv. to anti(ti)thé(nai) to set in opposition + -tikos -tic

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅thet⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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an·ti·thet·i·cal   (ān'tĭ-thět'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis.
  2. Being in diametrical opposition. See Synonyms at opposite.

[From Medieval Latin antitheticus, from Greek antithetikos, from antitithenai, to oppose; see antithesis.]
an'ti·thet'i·cal·ly adv.
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antithetical 
1583, from Gk. antithetikos, from antithetos "placed in opposition," from antithesis (see antithesis).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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