Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Laid down; prescriptive; arbitrary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Laid down;
absolute orpositive , like alaw .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And yet, imposing too much structure feels anti-thetical to “the plan.”
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Since Corporate is anti-thetical and openly hostile to PEOPLE policy, it IS a very hard sell.
Boehner: GOP Policies Are Politically Harder, Dems Offer Free Lunch 2010
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Most bloggers write about and are interested in their personal passions and interests, which is slightly anti-thetical to general interest publications like newspapers.
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They are not anti-thetical stop creating a false dichotomy.
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The whole idea of being indwelt by God's Spirit, is anti-thetical to The Law.
What Is Good? James F. McGrath 2009
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DRM is anti-thetical to consumer rights – it restricts their ability to use the media they are buying, it makes companies waste time and resources developing and evolving DRM to combat the constant cracking of said DRM, a cost that I am sure is passed quietly along to the consumer.
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The character I play in the Horton Foote film is absolutely, 100% anti-thetical to Marietta.
Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson Interview WHATEVER WORKS – Collider.com 2009
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This is why militantly secular societies are anti-thetical to religious freedom and will always end up persecuting Christians.
Fascism reborn in Germany Suzanne 2009
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It makes me crazy - it's anti-thetical to democracy to believe that most people are too stupid to govern themselves.
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I am thinking that happiness and fitness are anti-thetical!
Weight Loss Wednesdays: Week 1. Kat 2009
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