antithetical
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For Christina Lila Wilson, 39, who spent her summers in West L.A. with Iranian relatives until she moved as a teenager, the U.S. treatment of the team is antithetical to her cultural values.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
“That’s antithetical to what everyone is asking for.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
"Their approach to the lives of others is antithetical to the values of welcoming and fair debate that our society has upheld for 177 years," the society said.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
But what they’re really grappling with is a similar antithetical: It’s not the policy uncertainty; it’s the unpredictability.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Thomas Kuhn thought that science and technology were antithetical to each other, at least until the 1870s.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing antithetical
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