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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Technology is not the antithesis of a more human hourly work experience, but its greatest enabler.
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Michael Spataro, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Despite her fearsome productivity, Crockett is the antithesis of the kind of career politician whose every move seems orchestrated and focus-group-tested.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
But the Yankees, the perpetual economic antithesis of the A’s, were not here to mourn.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Decades on, Monet still spoke of Boudin as a creative father, the antithesis of his biological one.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Michael Spataro, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Despite her fearsome productivity, Crockett is the antithesis of the kind of career politician whose every move seems orchestrated and focus-group-tested.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
But the Yankees, the perpetual economic antithesis of the A’s, were not here to mourn.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Decades on, Monet still spoke of Boudin as a creative father, the antithesis of his biological one.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Antithesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antithesis. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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