as in opposite
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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Recent Examples of antithesis
Because the back half of the game was the antithesis of loyalty and deep bonds.
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Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Suppose the mental triggers for weeping are the antithesis of the triggers for laughter.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Celestún sits along white-sand shores where crystalline waves lap gently, the ultimate antithesis to see-and-be-seen spots on the Yucatán Peninsula's other coast.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Everything that [appears to have] meaning for her is the antithesis of service and devotion to duty.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Suppose the mental triggers for weeping are the antithesis of the triggers for laughter.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Celestún sits along white-sand shores where crystalline waves lap gently, the ultimate antithesis to see-and-be-seen spots on the Yucatán Peninsula's other coast.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Everything that [appears to have] meaning for her is the antithesis of service and devotion to duty.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antithesis
opposite
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The result is a workforce that is smaller, less dynamic, and aging faster, precisely when adaptation to technological change requires the opposite.—
Jane Sadowsky,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The two powerhouses were political opposites but became friends and cut deals.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Antithesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antithesis. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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