antithetical

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Among the most potent is the idea that Islam and modernity are antithetical, a view supported by a Western history of science that has literally written the Muslims out of the textbooks.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or marked by antithesis.
  2. adjective Being in diametrical opposition. See Synonyms at opposite.

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  • The two are antithetical, in other words, and cannot be made to act in concert. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 04 - April 2007 (v1.0) [html]
  • The struggle for sexual possession, and the play's careful three-act construction, betray the influence of Pinter, and Orton hasn't yet achieved the polished, almost relentless, antithetical, aphorism-strewn style of Loot and What the Butler Saw, but the tone is clearly individual. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • "What he represents in his slander of the gay community -- it is slander -- seems to be antithetical to the spirit that Obama was communicating during the campaign as well as the spirit of the King Center -- antithetical, at cross purposes," Fort said.
  • It's seemingly antithetical, but one can not be concerned with making profit here. —  Software Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • It's seemingly antithetical, but one can not be concerned with making profit here, IMHO. —  LXer Linux News
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  1. From Medieval Latin antitheticus, from Greek antithetikos, from antitithenai, to oppose; see antithesis.

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  1. As antithetic + -al.
 

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