antithetical (ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəll
) or antithetic
Definitions
adjective
- of the nature of antithesis
- directly contrasted
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We fought because we were at some profound level antithetical to one another.
, GALILEE (2001)Now it was not antithetical to family solidarity but, in its proper time, a guarantor of it.
India Today (1996)The party's proposal said the new law would "help regulate the presence of communities with cultures historically antithetical to ours.
CBC (2004)We would like to see what the adjudication tribunal looked like -- we are not antithetical to the concept.
Times, Sunday Times (2005)There is little doubt, however, that many of Joseph Parkes's circle of friends were deeply antithetical towards Christianity.
, OLD THUNDER: A Life of Hilaire Belloc (2002)