Antithetical Definition

ăntĭ-thĕtĭ-kəl
adjective
Being in diametrical opposition.
A viewpoint that was antithetical to conventional wisdom.
American Heritage
Of or containing antithesis.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis.
American Heritage
Exactly opposite.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community.
This is precisely why insistence on relative truth is antithetical to critical thinking.
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Origin of Antithetical

  • From Medieval Latin antitheticus from Greek antithetikos from antitithenai to oppose antithesis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Antithetical Sentence Examples

  • One participant pointed out the danger of dependence on external mechanisms that are directly antithetical to the goal of peace building.

  • Best mates are often antithetical to yourself I've found.

  • Some regard the demands of the public media as unsympathetic or even antithetical to the constraints of honest historical research.

  • Some people want to maximize the sum of human happiness which has nothing to do with inclusive fitness, it's almost antithetical.

  • So too the victories of Re over the serpent named Apophis were more or less clearly understood as a simile of the antithetical nature of light and darkness.

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