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
Its ideal participant emerges as the antithesis of the troll, whose preferred genres of speech—railing, jeering, baiting—would have been familiar to any late-seventeenth-century reader.
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Schiaparelli — a brand known for an aesthetic that’s the antithesis of ’90s minimalism — delighted us with exaggerated proportions, floral appliqués, and zebra print fashions.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
This was the antithesis to the mess the Toronto Maple Leafs offered up in Game 5.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Copy Facebook Pinterest Photo by Mark Johanson Panama’s Guna Yala is, in many ways, the antithesis of the glossy magazine version of a Caribbean destination: The archipelago (formerly known as San Blas) has no resort hotels, no cruise ships, no teens on jet skis.
—Mark Johanson, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Schiaparelli — a brand known for an aesthetic that’s the antithesis of ’90s minimalism — delighted us with exaggerated proportions, floral appliqués, and zebra print fashions.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
This was the antithesis to the mess the Toronto Maple Leafs offered up in Game 5.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Copy Facebook Pinterest Photo by Mark Johanson Panama’s Guna Yala is, in many ways, the antithesis of the glossy magazine version of a Caribbean destination: The archipelago (formerly known as San Blas) has no resort hotels, no cruise ships, no teens on jet skis.
—Mark Johanson, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antithesis
opposite
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Best known for playing whatever the opposite of a manic pixie dream girl is on The Bear, Gordon is particularly good at giving you someone who takes the idea of desperate times requiring desperate measures, and maybe a manic episode or two, to extremes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 July 2025
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Really the opposite of the Biden administration entirely.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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“Antithesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antithesis. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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