antithesis
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7.9
- noun
- /ænˈtɪθɪsɪs/
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antítesis
- Surely we all agree the Olympic code is a direct antithesis to Nazi ideology.
- represents the antithesis
- complete antithesis
It's like the perfect antithesis of conscious life.
- It's like the perfect antithesis of conscious life.
- There isn't really a genuine antithesis here, a genuine opposition.
- It's not the antithesis, it's the product.
- He is the antithesis of fiscal conservatism.
- He is the antithesis of free speech absolutist.
- And it's the antithesis to progress.
- And that's the, and liberalism was the antithesis to that.
- So when you encounter those names, you can put them as antithesis to Locke, Mill, Hayek and Friedman.
- I think that just because the thesis isn't true, it doesn't mean that the antithesis isn't true.
- First, it allowed long format music, which was so the antithesis of AM.
- Reading poetry is an activity almost by definition, which is is the antithesis of optimization.
- And, and bulk in some ways presents itself as antithesis of those traditional patriarchal religious values.
- It's almost the, the antithesis of what?
- He says it is itself in the antithesis of the two moments.
- Like I think the antithesis of tyrannies play.
- And then he says, or whose relationship in antithesis is the the I.
Examples
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An industrial policy approach in tax policy, I submit, is the very antithesis of that goal.
Academic text (1993) -
And it's the antithesis to progress.
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That is the antithesis of freedom.
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You pick something that is the antithesis of how you actually believe it yourself.
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Corruption is a common concern since it is the antithesis of reform.
Academic text (1992) -
Truly, it stands at an opposite pole; it's the very antithesis of faith.
Academic text (1997) -
They're the absolute antithesis of that.
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Another reason that competition is the antithesis of productivity is its tendency to promote conformity.
Academic text (1994) -
The idea of being a merchant is the antithesis of aesthetic intellectual idealism.
Fiction book (1995) -
The strict rules in that school are the antithesis of a creative learning environment.
Synonyms
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1.0
A word with a completely different meaning from another word
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4.2
A situation that is the exact opposite of what was expected
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4.1
The other side of something that shows a different, often negative, effect
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6.2
Something that is the opposite of another thing in order or effect
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9.3
The direct opposite of something, for example order and chaos
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of another
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Etymology
Antithesis comes from the Greek parts anti- 'against' and thesis 'placing'. It originally meant 'something placed against', so today antithesis means the direct 'opposite' of someone or something.