antithetic

Example Sentences

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A cynic might consider the antithetic protests an attempt to place just such a notion in the minds of readers, an attempt which failed.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2015

But that might be a dangerous path, one that’s antithetic to the decades of ongoing work to bring women into fields like business, politics, and particularly science and technology.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2015

He spent one season at Utah State, then six at Brigham Young, where he coached Jimmer Fredette in a high-scoring offense that was antithetic to the pressure defensive style he would use at U.N.L.V.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2012

North he traveled, into Oregon, State of his antithetic running mate, cool, bourbon Charles Linza McNary.

From Time Magazine Archive

One saw how inertness passes into the climax of activity and how that climax is perilously near its antithetic decline.

From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir