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 Hybrid drinking is the antithesis of the frat-party keg stand or boozy brunch binge. Joe Chura, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025 Even if the Browns relent, trading picks would be the antithesis of Peters’ build-through-the-draft approach, especially when Washington has only three selections in the top 145. Ben Standig, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 The artistry of couture is the antithesis of fast fashion. James Fallon, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025 The Blue Trail asserts that productivity is the antithesis of human fulfillment, offering an alternative of sorts to the empty promises of capitalism and Soviet-style communism with its insistence that our wellbeing isn’t tied up with notions of usefulness. Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for antithesis

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“Antithesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antithesis. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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