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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The rhetoric of diplomatic negotiation can often speak in opposites.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Science and art are often held up as opposites — the logical and analytical versus the creative and emotional, the domain of the left brain hemisphere versus the right, the yang versus the yin.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Antitheses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antitheses. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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