antiˈtheticaladj.

Etymology: < antithetic adj. + -al suffix¹.

1. Connected with, containing, or using antithesis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > concerned with oppositeness or antithesis

antithetical1583

antithetic1850

1583 T. Watson Poems (1870) 116 The whole piller..is by relation of either halfe to the other Antitheticall or Antisillabicall.

1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music iii. 179 Parallel antithetical expressions, are..substituted for Rhythm and cadence.

1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. ix. 112 The whole context is antithetical. Ideas are opposed to each other in pairs of contraries.

2. Characterized by direct opposition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective]

contrarious1340

contraryc1340

contrairc1400

repugnant1425

reverse1481

contrariant1530

cross1565

obversant1579

thwart1601

retrogradea1616

pugnant1645

antipathic1830

antithetical1848

1848 H. Miller First Impr. Eng. (1857) xvii. 283 To bring Revelation in direct antithetical collision with the inferences of the geologists.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §26. 372 Each of the snowy bands..contributed to produce an appearance perfectly antithetical to its own.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	antithetical
释义	antiˈtheticaladj. Etymology: < antithetic adj. + -al suffix¹. 1. Connected with, containing, or using antithesis. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > concerned with oppositeness or antithesis antithetical1583 antithetic1850 1583 T. Watson Poems (1870) 116 The whole piller..is by relation of either halfe to the other Antitheticall or Antisillabicall. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music iii. 179 Parallel antithetical expressions, are..substituted for Rhythm and cadence. 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. ix. 112 The whole context is antithetical. Ideas are opposed to each other in pairs of contraries. 2. Characterized by direct opposition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] contrarious1340 contraryc1340 contrairc1400 repugnant1425 reverse1481 contrariant1530 cross1565 obversant1579 thwart1601 retrogradea1616 pugnant1645 antipathic1830 antithetical1848 1848 H. Miller First Impr. Eng. (1857) xvii. 283 To bring Revelation in direct antithetical collision with the inferences of the geologists. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §26. 372 Each of the snowy bands..contributed to produce an appearance perfectly antithetical to its own. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1583
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