antithetical

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

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adjective

of the nature of or involving antithesis.
directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.

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 formsan·ti·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for antithetic

Historical Examples

From this point of view, there is properly no antithetic of pure reason.
The Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant
But the heresy was as incoherent and as credulous as the antithetic orthodoxy.
The Promise Of American Life
Herbert David Croly
However serious or painful the topic, Heine could enliven it by his clever Jewish antithetic wit.
Wagner as I Knew Him
Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
To one familiar with Parisian ways these antithetic notices promised a beautiful scrimmage.
Paris and the Social Revolution
Alvan Francis Sanborn
It is connected with and founded upon the antithetic assertion of the eternity of Iahvah.
The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah
C J Ball

British Dictionary definitions for antithetic

antithetical

antithetic

adjective

of the nature of antithesis
directly contrasted

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Word Origin and History for antithetic

adj.

"containing an antithesis," c.1600, from Greek antithetikos "setting in opposition," from antithetos "placed in opposition," from antithesis (see antithesis).

antithetical

adj.

1580s, from Greek antithetikos "setting in opposition," from antithetos "placed in opposition" (see antithetic) + -al (1). Related: Antithetically.

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Examples from the Web for antithetic

Historical Examples

From this point of view, there is properly no antithetic of pure reason.

But the heresy was as incoherent and as credulous as the antithetic orthodoxy.

However serious or painful the topic, Heine could enliven it by his clever Jewish antithetic wit.

To one familiar with Parisian ways these antithetic notices promised a beautiful scrimmage.

It is connected with and founded upon the antithetic assertion of the eternity of Iahvah.

antithetical

antithetic

Word Origin and History for antithetic

adj.

antithetical

adj.

Origin of antithetical