antithetical

English

Etymology

From antithetic +‎ -al.

Adjective

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 relative truth is antithetical to critical thinking.

Derived terms

• antitheticality
• antitheticalness

Translations

pertaining to or being an antithesis

• Catalan: antitètic
• Dutch: contradictorisch, in tegenspraak met
• French: antithétique (fr)
• German: antithetisch
• Interlingue:
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• Italian: antitetico (it)
• Portuguese: antitético (pt)
• Romanian: antitetic (ro)
• Spanish: antitético (es)
• Swedish: antitetisk

Anagrams

• antiathletic