antithetical

Example Sentences

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But to compromise would be antithetical to the spirit of the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“That’s antithetical to what everyone is asking for.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

“Options and futures now allow people to gamble on the price without actually being involved in the blockchain, which is antithetical to what BTC was intended for.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

‘Degenerate art’ — or, in German, ‘entartete kunst’ — was a term coined by the Nazi Party in the 1920s to describe modern art, which was seen as antithetical to the Nazi project.”

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

The same town that gave the world the golden arches also gave it a biker gang that stood for a totally antithetical set of values.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser