antithesis
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With its glorious views and picturesque harbor, Whitby is the antithesis of gothic horror.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The character was the complete antithesis to Bond.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Some noncoastal ad firms as a result are more aggressively pitching themselves as the friendly antithesis to faceless, famous agencies, now embracing rather than apologizing for their lack of metropolitan elitism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
“That is the antithesis of how we invest. We are underweight AI and data-center stocks.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
The argument for the antithesis was that if the universe had a beginning, there would be an infinite period of time before it, so why should the universe begin at any one particular time?
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing antithesis
Power Prefix: Anti
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Rhetoric
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