antithetical
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Resistance at first was fierce, since the idea had never been tried and putting puffin chicks at risk seemed antithetical to the Audubon Society’s creed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
“We’re living in this upside-down world where departments that were set up for one purpose are acting in a way that’s antithetical to the purpose of the department.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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
Many Kikongo words resemble English words backward and have antithetical meanings: Syebo is a horrible, destructive rain, that just exactly does not do what it says backward.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing antithetical
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