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Six example sentences with antithetical, each labelled with its topic.
The two schools are antithetical: one holds that meaning comes from use, the other that it exists before anyone speaks.
Philosophy
Her late canvases are antithetical to the tidy portraits that made her famous, all loose paint and unfinished edges.
Art
Free trade and heavy tariffs are antithetical policies, and a government cannot pursue both without confusing every exporter it has.
Economics
The two manifestos are antithetical on housing, one promising to build on green belt and the other to protect every acre.
Politics
Secrecy is antithetical to the open culture the founders promised, and staff noticed the closed doors immediately.
Startups
Constant multitasking is antithetical to deep concentration, since attention cannot split in two and stay whole.
Psychology
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