The right of a state to exist is antithetical to the principle supposedly underlying liberal democracy, that people who are subject to a state's rule have the right to abolish it.
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Antithetical
//ˌæntɪˈθɛtɪkəl//
Synonyms for "antithetical" (79 found)
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21 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντιθετικός adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Catalan
1 entries- antitètic adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Dutch
2 entries- contradictorisch adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
- in tegenspraak met adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
French
1 entries- antithétique adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
German
1 entries- antithetisch adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रतिपक्षात्मक adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
- प्रतिपक्षी adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
- विप्रतिषेधात्मक adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Hungarian
3 entries- ellentmond adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
- ellentétben áll adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
- ellentétes adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Irish
1 entries- fritéiseach adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Italian
1 entries- antitetico adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Polish
1 entries- antytetyczny adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Portuguese
1 entries- antitético adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Romanian
1 entries- antitetic adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Russian
1 entries- антитетический adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Spanish
1 entries- antitético adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Swedish
1 entries- antitetisk adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Welsh
1 entries- gwrthgyferbyniol adj (pertaining to or being an antithesis)
Sample sentences
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Some Muslims consider support for LGBT rights antithetical to Islam.
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Your proposal is antithetical to our own.
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Some Muslims believe that support for LGBT rights is antithetical to Islam.
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