antithetical
- of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Origin of antithetical
Related Words for antithetic
conflicting, antithetical, incompatible, contrary, inconsistent, paradoxical, contrasting, disparate, distinct, distinctive, peculiar, offbeat, diverse, various, particular, distant, other, divergent, counter, reverseExamples from the Web for antithetic
Historical Examples of antithetic
From this point of view, there is properly no antithetic of pure reason.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
But the heresy was as incoherent and as credulous as the antithetic orthodoxy.
The Promise Of American LifeHerbert David Croly
However serious or painful the topic, Heine could enliven it by his clever Jewish antithetic wit.
Wagner as I Knew HimFerdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
To one familiar with Parisian ways these antithetic notices promised a beautiful scrimmage.
Paris and the Social RevolutionAlvan Francis Sanborn
It is connected with and founded upon the antithetic assertion of the eternity of Iahvah.
antithetical
antithetic
- of the nature of antithesis
- directly contrasted
Word Origin and History for antithetic
"containing an antithesis," c.1600, from Greek antithetikos "setting in opposition," from antithetos "placed in opposition," from antithesis (see antithesis).
antithetical
1580s, from Greek antithetikos "setting in opposition," from antithetos "placed in opposition" (see antithetic) + -al (1). Related: Antithetically.