antithetisch

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin antitheticus, from Ancient Greek ἀντιθετικός (antithetikós). Equivalent to antithese +‎ -isch. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈteː.tis/
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  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧the‧tisch
  • Rhymes: -eːtis

Adjective

antithetisch (not comparable)

  1. antithetic, antithetical

Declension

Declension of antithetisch
uninflected antithetisch
inflected antithetische
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial antithetisch
indefinite m./f. sing. antithetische
n. sing. antithetisch
plural antithetische
definite antithetische
partitive antithetisch

German

Etymology

From Late Latin antitheticus, from Ancient Greek ἀντιθετικός (antithetikós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

antithetisch (strong nominative masculine singular antithetischer, not comparable)

  1. antithetic, antithetical
    • 2010, Roland Benedikter, “Paradigmenwandel”, in Sozialimpulse, 4/10:
      […] dass in Europa derzeit eher ein Gefühl des „zu wenig“ an Paradigmenwechsel vorherrscht, während Obama in den USA eine starke, aber bislang auch stark polemisch und antithetisch bleibende Paradigmenbewegung ausgelöst hat.
      that in Europe, at this time, there’s rather a feeling of “too few” paradigm change, whereas Obama has started a strong paradigm movement in the USA, but until now it remains strongly polemic and antithetical.

Declension

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