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antithesis

[an-tith-uh-sis] / ænˈtɪθ ə sɪs /




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They were pushing the antithesis of the intimate learning style my literary program had once promoted.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The antithesis of the embarrassing episode Tuesday night came less than two months ago when he robbed the Seattle Mariners of three home runs in one game.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

"It's the antithesis of a hospital ward," says garden designer Sarah Price.

From BBC May 29, 2026

She felt compelled to create an in-person experience that was distinctly human — something true and personal — the antithesis of the digitally-saturated, fragmented and ephemeral world we live in, where truth is often opaque.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2026

This poet ate his salad with his fingers, leaf by leaf, while talking to me about the antithesis of nature and art.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

To illuminate his dark subject matter, Fiedler adopts a punchy, aggressive prose replete with antitheses, exclamation marks, capitalized terminology and bold generalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

And established characters and stakes are the antitheses to the lazy multiverse narrative.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2023

In the New York that shaped Trump’s aesthetics, that description would have suited affordable housing projects like Waterside Plaza, River Park Towers, Chatham Towers, and Tracey Towers—the antitheses of Trump’s new brand.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2018

Lancaster had been seen as the antitheses of predecessor Martin Johnson: one a big name but never before a coach, the other an outsider who had coached his way up from the grassroots.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2015

Sentence is bound to sentence with repeated words—“conceive,” “dedicate,” “consecrate”— and with the antitheses of “we” and “they,” “living” and “dead.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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