antithetical

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an·ti·thet·i·cal /ˌæntɪˈθetɪkəl/ (also antithetic /-ˈθetɪk◂/) adjectiveadj formal

OPPOSITE/REVERSEexactly opposite to something 正相反的；对立的

antithetical to

This violence is completely antithetical to the teaching of the church.

这种暴行与教会的教义完全背道而驰。

Examples from the Corpus

antithetical• Oddly enough, these two traditions are not antithetical.• Ishmael, consequently, also investigates the antithetical approach, the method of pure subjective perception.• In an age of compulsory wearing of uniforms, the zoot suit accomplished an antithetical stylization of the self.• Their vision of society was collectivist, grass-roots oriented and utterly antithetical to the privatised and mortgaged paradise of Thatcherism.• To pursue political objectives seriously, they must work with the very people whose religious beliefs are most antithetical to their own.

antithetical to• The new law is clearly antithetical to the basic principles of free speech.

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BNC: 25903 COCA: 17691