antithetical

Definition

Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

Etymology

From Latin antitheticus + -al.

Example Sentences

• "His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community."
• "This is precisely why insistence on relative truth is antithetical to critical thinking."
• "Saladin's prophetic namesake, by any account as obviously an antiwarrior as one can imagine, seems at first too antithetical a character for comparison with the anti-Crusader par excellence, and therein lies the hagiographical dynamic at work."