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    an·ti·thet·i·cal
    [ˌan(t)əˈTHedəkəl]
    adjective
    antithetical (adjective)
    1. directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible:
      "people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine" · "two antithetical emotions pulled at her"
    2. connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis:
      "when praising the government, Pyrocles invokes the familiar oxymoronic and antithetical mode"
    Origin
    late 16th century (in antithetical): via Latin from Greek antithetikos, from antithetos ‘placed in opposition’, from antitithenai ‘set against’.
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    adjective
    1. directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible:
      contrary to
      unlike
      opposing
      polar
      obverse
      oppugnant
      (directly) opposed to
      contradictory to
      conflicting with
      incompatible with
      irreconcilable with
      inconsistent with
      at variance with
      at odds with
      contrasting with
      different from/to
      differing from
      divergent from
      poles apart
      Opposite:
      same
      identical
      like
     
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  1. Being in direct and unequivocal opposition
    The meaning of ANTITHETICAL is being in direct and unequivocal opposition : directly opposite or opposed.

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    exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other: The idea that science is antithetical to the arts is wrong. Birth and death are antithetical.

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    antithetical [ an-t uh - thet -i-k uh l ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA adjective of the nature of or involving antithesis. directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.

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    Antithetical means being in diametrical opposition or exactly opposite. It can also refer to antithesis, the contrast of words and sentiments. See synonyms, sentences and origin of antithetical.

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