antithetical

Example Sentences

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Kennedy is no fool — he knows that his efforts are more antithetical to democracy than he lets on.

From Salon

So I think risk management culture, as it’s usually practiced, is antithetical to the Silicon Valley culture.

From Scientific American

It’s more that the behavior of these social media hordes represents an anti-democratic, anti-intellectual mind-set that is harmful to the cause of art and antithetical to the spirit of movies.

From New York Times

"Banning books, playing politics with people's lives, and censoring history are antithetical to who we are."

From Salon

“It is antithetical to then go ahead and blast it with huge television screens.”

From Los Angeles Times