antithesis

Example Sentences

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Some noncoastal ad firms as a result are more aggressively pitching themselves as the friendly antithesis to faceless, famous agencies, now embracing rather than apologizing for their lack of metropolitan elitism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Solarpunk is more than just the antithesis of cyberpunk, “Blade Runner” and a devastated environment smothered by technofascism.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

“That is the antithesis of how we invest. We are underweight AI and data-center stocks.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Campaigning, for Madigan, is the antithesis to what she does.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Figures of antithesis or parallelism may serve to frame or advance an argument; apoplanesis* to avoid one.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith