antithetical

[ an-tuh-thet-i-kuh l ]

/ ˌæn təˈθɛt ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of the nature of or involving antithesis.

directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.

Nearby words

antiterrorist, antitheft, antithenar, antithermic, antithesis, antithetical, antithrombin, antithrombotic, antitorque rotor, antitoxic, antitoxin

Also Archaic, an·ti·thet·ic.

Origin of antithetical

1575–85; antithetic (< Greek antithetikós, equivalent to anti(ti)thé(nai) to set in opposition + -tikos -tic) + -al¹

Related forms

an·ti·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for antithetic

Regarded in itself, this notion is only a verbal entity, unduly taking form as the common basis of two antithetic types.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson|Edouard le Roy
His periods are antithetic; each contains a surprise and a witty point.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History|Henry Coppee
To one familiar with Parisian ways these antithetic notices promised a beautiful scrimmage.
Paris and the Social Revolution|Alvan Francis Sanborn
It is only in the vocabulary of very careless thinkers that the words truth and fiction are regarded as antithetic.
Materials and Methods of Fiction|Clayton Hamilton

From this point of view, there is properly no antithetic of pure reason.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant

British Dictionary definitions for antithetic

antithetical

antithetic

/ (ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl) /

adjective

of the nature of antithesis

directly contrasted

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