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Countervailing vs Antithetical - What's the difference?

countervailing | antithetical | Related terms |

Countervailing is a related term of antithetical.


As a verb countervailing

is .

As an adjective antithetical is

pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

countervailing

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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