Sentence examples for direct antithesis to from inspiring English sources

Women and the perceived effeminacy of gay men come into direct antithesis to this sense of testosterone-dripping machismo.

In France, where musical culture stood in some ways the direct antithesis to Wagnerism, Claude Debussy evolved his own style that succeeded, as Wagner's had, in beclouding the harmonic basis of a work either altogether or for extended periods.

And his deliberate attack on welfare recipients is the direct antithesis of "dignity".

This was the direct antithesis of all he claimed he stood for, and it did not go unnoticed in Richmond Park.

In terms of its excellence, philosophy and work ethic, the Mariinsky is less a façade for the modern Russian state as its direct antithesis.

Distinctions which unfairly curb the inherent potentials of individuals or groups are the direct antithesis of the aims of higher education.

Ray's work is, after all, the direct antithesis of most contemporary cinema, especially that emanating from Hollywood and Bollywood, the world's two strongest commercial industries, hooked as they are on rip-roaring special effects and visuals.

His primitive-cool aesthetic was the direct antithesis of the glossy, big-production work of other fashion photographers such as Nick Knight or Stephen Meisel, and had a more obvious sexual edge than other purveyors of the snapshot aesthetic such as Juergen Teller and Corinne Day.

Tiki is the antithesis to all that".

But Mourinho's nature is the antithesis to Eto'o's.

But the club is the antithesis to gambling.