antithetical

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antithetical (comparative more antithetical, superlative most antithetical)

1. Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

   His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community.

   This is precisely why insistence on absolute truth is antithetical to critical thinking.