antithetical
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“For a lot of people, this is antithetical to being American,” Wilson told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
But my use of antithetical framing had gone up even as I’d told myself I would stay away from it.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
“In middle school, 36. In high school, 40. Very antithetical to the class-size mandates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Louisiana acknowledged that the treatment of Landor by prison guards was "antithetical to religious freedom" and amended its prison grooming policy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
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
Vocabulary lists containing antithetical
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