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antithetical

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an·ti·thet·i·cal  (nt-tht-kl) also an·ti·thet·ic (-k)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis.
2. Being in diametrical opposition. See Synonyms at opposite.

[From Medieval Latin antitheticus, from Greek antithetikos, from antitithenai, to oppose; see antithesis.]

anti·theti·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.antithetical - sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"
different - unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"


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They are antithetical to one another, these roads; they directly abut on one another:--and it is here, at this gateway, that they come together.
On the screen of his imagination he saw himself and this sweet and beautiful girl, facing each other and conversing in good English, in a room of books and paintings and tone and culture, and all illuminated by a bright light of steadfast brilliance; while ranged about and fading away to the remote edges of the screen were antithetical scenes, each scene a picture, and he the onlooker, free to look at will upon what he wished.
 
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