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
Many of those vendors have stopped shipping to its stores, which has led to empty shelves and stale inventory, the antithesis of what a luxury department store should offer and certainly not a way to inspire a shopper’s love.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
The movie, which was written and directed by the Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, is as complete an antithesis to Dabis’s one as could be imagined.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The Hollywood Heritage Museum, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in December, is, in many ways, the antithesis of the 4-year-old Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
And until Terry and Kim Pegula purchased the Bills in 2014, there was a bubbling anxiety that the moment ownership changed hands, the team would be moved to a ritzy big city that’s the antithesis of Buffalo.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
The movie, which was written and directed by the Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, is as complete an antithesis to Dabis’s one as could be imagined.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The Hollywood Heritage Museum, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in December, is, in many ways, the antithesis of the 4-year-old Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
And until Terry and Kim Pegula purchased the Bills in 2014, there was a bubbling anxiety that the moment ownership changed hands, the team would be moved to a ritzy big city that’s the antithesis of Buffalo.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antithesis
opposite
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Orlean, in Joyride, does the opposite.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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That is literally the opposite of the business model of every downstream distributor that is now the economic engine of our entire collective industry.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Antithesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antithesis. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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