antithetical
of the nature of or involving antithesis.
directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Origin of antithetical
1- Also Archaic, an·ti·thet·ic .
Other words from antithetical
- an·ti·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby antithetical
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How to use antithetical in a sentence
This is antithetical to the story I’ve been told about Johns Hopkins.
How one very old Census record spurred a reckoning at Johns Hopkins University | Susan Svrluga | December 25, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s antithetical to America’s ideas and ideals, and it has fascistic markers.
Even in defeat, the embers of Trumpism still burn in the Republican Party | Robert Costa, Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostI totally get that it’s maybe kind of antithetical to the point I’m trying to make.
How to Stop Feeling Crushed for Time - Issue 92: Frontiers | Brian Gallagher | October 28, 2020 | NautilusThe message they sent was antithetical to the mood of corporate America at the time.
How Jane Fraser broke banking’s highest glass ceiling | Claire Zillman, reporter | October 19, 2020 | FortuneThough few rituals can lay the groundwork for tackling the day like a cup of coffee can, the actual brewing process can often be messy, time consuming, and generally antithetical to easing gently into the day.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTWas 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 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the mere thought of calling such a man a patriot profoundly corrupts—is violently antithetical to—the idea of patriotism.
Trying to use it do so is antithetical to the achievement of peace and the two-state solution.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTBurkius rightly remarks, that שנא is antithetical to surgere, sedere, dolorum.
The writer of the letter from Bombay, signed Ormont, was a born subject for the antithetical craftsmen's tricky springes.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithHe is a great lover of books and gardening—two antithetical hobbies—which are charming in themselves, and healthily counteractive.
Heroes of the Telegraph | J. MunroThis also indicates the antithetical positions which the two hold with respect to magic and counter-magic.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtIf man was all male principle, and woman all female principle they would not be complementary, but antithetical.
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British Dictionary definitions for antithetical
antithetic
/ (ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl) /
of the nature of antithesis
directly contrasted
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