Antithetical - English meaning

ˌæn.tɪˈθet.ɪ.kəl

Antithetical – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
Usage examples:
People whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine
Synonims:
(directly) opposed toContrary toContradictory toConflicting withIncompatible withIrreconcilable withInconsistent withAt variance withAt odds withContrasting withDifferent from/toDi
adjective
Connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis.
Usage examples:
When praising the government, pyrocles invokes the familiar oxymoronic and antithetical mode

adjective
Exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other
Usage examples:
The idea that science is antithetical to the arts is wrong., birth and death are antithetical., in …

adjective
Very different from and in opposition to someone or something or each other
Usage examples:
In her view, elite sports are actually antithetical to healthy living., it's fascinating to wonder …

Antithetical translation into English

Antithetical: translate from English into Chinese

对立的, 骈, 正相反的

Antithetical: translate from English into Dutch

Antithetisch, Tegengesteld

Antithetical: translate from English into French

Antithétique

Antithetical: translate from English into German

Antithetisch, Gegensätzlich

Antithetical: translate from English into Hindi

विरोधात्मक, अर्थान्तर न्यास संबंधी

Antithetical: translate from English into Italian

Antitetico

Antithetical: translate from English into Korean

정반대의, 대조되는, 대조를 이룬

Antithetical: translate from English into Russian

Противоположный, Антитетический, Прямо противоположный

Antithetical: translate from English into Spanish

Antitético

Word origin

late 16th century (in antithetical (sense 2)): from Greek antithetikos, from antithetos ‘placed in opposition’, from antitithenai ‘set against’.

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Antithetical – similar words

antithetic

ˌæn.tɪˈθet.ɪ.kəl

adjective
Exactly the opposite of someone or something or of each other
Usage examples:
The idea that science is antithetical to the arts is wrong., birth and death are antithetical., in …

adjective
Very different from and in opposition to someone or something or each other
Usage examples:
In her view, elite sports are actually antithetical to healthy living., it's fascinating to wonder …

Antithetic - all meanings in English

Antithetical synonims

at odds with

idiom
In disagreement
Usage examples:
The two brothers were always at odds., his behavior is clearly at odds with what the college expect…

At odds with - all meanings in English

at variance with

phrase
To be in disagreement with someone or something, or to be different from him, her, or it
Usage examples:
Young people's reactions to world events are often at variance with those of their parents., her pu…

At variance with - all meanings in English

di

dʌɪə

prefix
Twice; two-; double.
Usage examples:
Dichromatic

prefix
Variant spelling of dis- shortened before l, m, n, r, s (followed by a consonant), and v ; also often shortened before g, and sometimes before j.

prefix
Variant spelling of dia- shortened before a vowel (as in dielectric ).

Di - all meanings in English

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