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
The only Hollywood-on-Hollywood films that tended to score with audiences were built on starry-eyed dreamers achieving their dreams of stardom on the screen, and Sunset Boulevard was the antithesis of that.
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Scott Huver, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
That sentiment is the antithesis of Kennedy’s vision of the arts.
—Christine Ledbetter, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
The idea is megalomaniacal, and is the antithesis of the old NASA ideal: for all mankind.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
As Michael Denning, Robin Kelley, and Bill Mullen have argued, ethnic identification became the language of international class solidarity, rather than its antithesis, during the period of the radical midcentury left.
—Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
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Scott Huver, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
That sentiment is the antithesis of Kennedy’s vision of the arts.
—Christine Ledbetter, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
The idea is megalomaniacal, and is the antithesis of the old NASA ideal: for all mankind.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
As Michael Denning, Robin Kelley, and Bill Mullen have argued, ethnic identification became the language of international class solidarity, rather than its antithesis, during the period of the radical midcentury left.
—Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antithesis
opposite
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While many acne-fighting products tend to compromise barrier function, this is the rare formula that does the opposite.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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And the congressman, who's running for reelection in 2026, did the opposite of shutting down speculation.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Antithesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antithesis. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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