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antithetical

/ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl/

antithetical adjective: pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

Adjective

antithetical (comparative more antithetical, superlative most antithetical)

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

antithetical meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam

antithetical in Hindi

pertaining to or being an antithesis
प्रतिपक्षी pratipakṣī, प्रतिपक्षात्मक pratipakṣātmak, विप्रतिषेधात्मक vipratiṣedhātmak

antithetical in Urdu

متضاد

antithetical in Malayalam

contrasting, (directly) opposed, contrary
വൈരുദ്ധ്യാത്മകം, വിരോധോക്തിയുള്ള, വിരോധാഭാസമായ, കടകവിരുദ്ധമായ, നേർവിപരീതമായ, വിപരീതമായ

Forms of antithetical

comparativemore antithetical
superlativemost antithetical

Origin of antithetical

From Latin antitheticus + -al.

Words formed from antithetical

Questions about antithetical

What does antithetical mean?
Antithetical means pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
What is antithetical in Hindi?
Antithetical in Hindi is प्रतिपक्षी (pratipakṣī), प्रतिपक्षात्मक (pratipakṣātmak), विप्रतिषेधात्मक (vipratiṣedhātmak). See Antithetical meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is antithetical?
Antithetical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce antithetical?
Antithetical is pronounced /ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl/.

Words near antithetical in the dictionary

  1. antithesizes
  2. antithesizing
  3. antithet
  4. antitheta
  5. antithetic
  6. antithetical
  7. antitheticalities
  8. antitheticality
  9. antithetically
  10. antitheticalness
  11. antithetics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antithetical (page history and authors); antithetical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antithetical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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