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Synonyms for antithetical
ˌæn təˈθɛt ɪ kəlan·ti·thet·i·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
antithetic, antitheticaladjective
sharply contrasted in character or purpose
"practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"
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antitheticAntonyms:
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
antitheticaladjective
Synonyms:
contrasted, placed in contrast
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You have to recognize that what President Obama represents is an ideology that is antithetical to the ideology of most people in the Republican Party. And I don't think it has anything to do with race, i mean, Hillary (Clinton) represents that kind of ideology also, and they'll say it's because she's a woman. I mean, any guy who represents that kind of ideology is going to evoke exactly the same types of criticism.
It’s time for the American people to look beyond that and say, ‘ Is this what we want for a free society ? Do we really need a NSA ? Do we even need a Patriot Act ? ’ My argument is we don’t. These are antithetical to a free society.
Clearly this raises serious questions that we have to raise directly with the Saudi government, we have governments we work with on a number of issues whose policies and values are antithetical to ours, to be just blunt about it. And yet who also have certain interests with us that we are involved in.
We have governments we work with on a number of issues whose policies and values are antithetical to ours, to be just blunt about it. And yet who also have certain interests with us that we are involved in.
It really is antithetical to most fair-minded people and jurists to allow this old defense to potentially let someone off scot-free.
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