Antithetical vs Hypermodernism - What's the difference?
antithetical | hypermodernism |
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
The state or condition of being hypermodern.
(arts) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical approach.
(chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces rather than with pawns, thus inviting the opponent to occupy the centre with pawns which can then become objects of attack.
As an adjective antithetical
is pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.As a noun hypermodernism is
the state or condition of being hypermodern.antithetical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His wrong-headed beliefs are antithetical to everything we stand for as a community.
- This is precisely why insistence on relative truth is antithetical to critical thinking.