ANTITHESIS


Meaning of ANTITHESIS in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

very

As such it is the very antithesis of religion.

Is not this concentrated respect for the object as a specimen the very antithesis of the arts in education?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But to suggest that the conflict was over political rather than intellectual matters is to introduce a false antithesis .

Coercion and domination subvert the integrity of love by creating power relationships that are its antithesis .

He was a quiet, caring and loving boy, his nature being the antithesis of mine.

In the domestic sphere the policy was equally fundamental, for tariff reform was seen as the antithesis of socialism.

It seemed who they were was the antithesis of who they needed to be.

Research is the antithesis of randomness.

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