antonym

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To allay confusion, “Squid Game: The Challenge” is a living antonym of authenticity in that it is one of the most thoroughly engineered reality competition shows on TV.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

Since the advent of talkies, “Hollywood” has been, in some serious circles, the pejorative antonym of “serious” music.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021

I’m not sure there’s a precise antonym for “nice.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2020

Over the past 50 years, the natural environment has been treated as an antonym of the human economy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2019

Perhaps curiously, the obvious antonym `lossitude' is rare. :wired: /n./

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.