Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antithetical

/ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-thet-i-cal
IPA: /ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"Saladin's prophetic namesake, by any account as obviously an antiwarrior as one can imagine, seems at first too antithetical a character for comparison with the anti-Crusader par excellence, and therein lies the hagiographical dynamic at work."
"Yet as Mr. Altman raised OpenAI’s profile, some board members worried that ChatGPT’s success was antithetical to creating safe A.I., two people familiar with their thinking said."

Etymology

From Latin antitheticus + -al.

Inflected Forms

more antithetical (comparative) most antithetical (superlative)

Derived Forms

antitheticality antitheticalness

Synonyms

antithetic

Rhymes With

theoretical alphabetical heretical poetical parenthetical

Questions

How do you pronounce antithetical?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl/.
What does antithetical mean?: Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
Where does antithetical come from?: From Latin antitheticus + -al.

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