antithetical
adjective
[ ˌantɪˈθɛtɪk(ə)l ]
• directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
• "people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine"
Similar:
(directly) opposed to,
contrary to,
contradictory to,
conflicting with,
incompatible with,
irreconcilable with,
inconsistent with,
at variance with,
at odds with,
contrasting with,
different from/to,
differing from,
divergent from,
unlike,
opposing,
poles apart,
polar,
obverse,
oppugnant,
• connected with, containing, or using the rhetorical device of antithesis.
Origin:
late 16th century (in antithetical (sense 2)): from Greek antithetikos, from antithetos ‘placed in opposition’, from antitithenai ‘set against’.
