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   antithetical

   /ˌantɪˈθɛtɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible: "people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine"
   • 2. connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis: "when praising the government, Pyrocles invokes the familiar oxymoronic and antithetical mode"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in antithetical (sense 2)): from Greek antithetikos, from antithetos ‘placed in opposition’, from antitithenai ‘set against’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. antithetic adjective
   • 2. antithetically adverb

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   ANTITHETICAL definition: 1. exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other: 2. very different from and in…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of ANTITHETICAL is being in direct and unequivocal opposition : directly opposite or opposed. How to use antithetical in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Antithetical.

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   ANTITHETICAL meaning: 1. exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other: 2. very different from and in…. Learn more.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of ANTITHETICAL. [more antithetical; most antithetical] formal. : directly opposite or opposed. the antithetical forces of good and evil. — often + to. The court's ruling is antithetical to the very idea of democracy.

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   Something is antithetical when it is in complete and utter opposition to the character of something. If you’re a vegetarian, eating giant T-bone steaks is antithetical to your beliefs. You’ll find that antithetical is a useful word when you’re trying to express an extreme contrast.

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   Antithetical definition: of the nature of or involving antithesis. . See examples of ANTITHETICAL used in a sentence.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishantithetical adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   antithetical (to something) opposite to or completely different from something. A culture of violence is antithetical to the church’s traditional teaching. Want to learn more?

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   1. Being in diametrical opposition: a viewpoint that was antithetical to conventional wisdom. See Synonyms at opposite. 2. Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis. [From Medieval Latin antitheticus, from Greek antithetikos, from antitithenai, to oppose; see antithesis .]

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    Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it.

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    antithetical meaning, definition, what is antithetical: exactly opposite to something: Learn more.