antithesis
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Mr. Glassman is the antithesis of what one might expect from the founder of a highly successful fitness chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Predictability is the antithesis of a great cinema culture.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“This here is the antithesis of the raids last year,” said Sandra De Anda, who wore a Stetson and a Tigres Mexican soccer club jersey and waved a South Korea flag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
For every idea, Höttges insisted on considering the antithesis as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Figures of antithesis or parallelism may serve to frame or advance an argument; apoplanesis* to avoid one.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
To illuminate his dark subject matter, Fiedler adopts a punchy, aggressive prose replete with antitheses, exclamation marks, capitalized terminology and bold generalizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Historians now usually interpret the French Revolution in terms of actions and reactions, theses and antitheses.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022
He’s all about exploring understated antitheses, not brazen theses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2018
Lancaster had been seen as the antitheses of predecessor Martin Johnson: one a big name but never before a coach, the other an outsider who had coached his way up from the grassroots.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2015
Sentence is bound to sentence with repeated words—“conceive,” “dedicate,” “consecrate”— and with the antitheses of “we” and “they,” “living” and “dead.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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