Antithesis
Antithesis noun - Something that is as different as possible from something else.
Setting and antithesis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Antithesis".
Nearby Words: antithetical, antithetic
Setting
Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.
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Synonyms for Setting
Antithesis and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Antithesis" instead a noun "Setting".
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A Cosmic Entity that is roughly as powerful as the setting's monotheistic God — or, in non-monotheistic settings, the God of Gods equivalent — and is His antithesis. i.e.
Source: The Anti-God -
And since Friendship is Magic in this setting, anti-friendship is also Anti-Magic, giving Antithesis the ability to create "null pockets" in which magic doesn't exist.
Source: Made of Evil - He usually likes to speak of chaos as his thing, but intertwined with the disharmony he also sows, it makes him both unquestionably Chaotic Evil as well as an antithesis to the concepts associated with good in the setting.
Source: Chaos Is Evil
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