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Antithetical vs Irreconcilable - What's the difference?

antithetical | irreconcilable | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between antithetical and irreconcilable

is that antithetical is pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted while irreconcilable is unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.

As a noun irreconcilable is

something that cannot be reconciled.

antithetical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * antitheticality * antitheticalness

    irreconcilable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
  • Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
  • * 1919 ,
    • I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.

    Derived terms

    * irreconcilableness * irreconcilability

    Related terms

    * irreconciliation

    Synonyms

    * (unable to be reconciled) hostile, hateful, antagonistic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that cannot be reconciled.