as in opposites
something that is as different as possible from something else
true love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control that person's life
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opposites
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To him, loyalty to the British Crown and loyalty to home were not opposites.—
Kimberly Nath,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026 -
But beyond that, this conflict has a dramatic, even archetypal, quality to it, pitting polar opposites against each other.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Antitheses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antitheses. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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