ADJECTIVE
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sharply contrasted in character or purpose
practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs
hope is antithetic to despair
How To Use antithetic In A Sentence
- It is written in Attic Greek, with much studiedly antithetical rhetoric and frequent verbal borrowings from the classical authors.
- Or, conversely, isn't the character of modern American life strangely illuminated by -- and compatible with -- that entity that is so often described as antithetical to it, the mafia? Critical Mass
- Ishmael, consequently, also investigates the antithetical approach, the method of pure subjective perception.
- Thus far, the data show a recurring rhetorical pattern in which vulnerable groups were identified as antithetical to the core values attributed by the host to himself, his audience, and the nation. Kety Esquivel: UCLA Study, Hate Speech on Commercial Talk Radio, Affirms NCLR's We Can Stop the Hate Campaign
- It's certainly antithetical to left wing politics, which requires you to remain engaged and would require the artist to include politics in his art.
- For the few days of Passover, chametz and matzah are antithetical.
- Steep and antithetic platy structure of rock mass and geomorphology of the longitudinal valley in the dam site area cause wide-range toppling deformation on the cross-strait slope.
- Vis-a-vis entitlement: my main objection to Sen. Clinton's candidacy is my abiding belief that political dynasties are antithetic to democracy. Richardson Defends Bill Clinton From McCarthyism Charge ��� But Blasts Carville
- Dividend pay-outs and share buy-backs are by no means antithetical to business investment.
- For a great number in both the academic world and in the public, apocalyptic thought is directly antithetical to the supposedly enlightened and rational methodology of science.