Two major problems that are antithetical to civic republicanism are poverty and inequality. Buddhism is sometimes seen as antithetical to much of Confucian philosophy. Authorities and missionaries detested these practices as they considered them antithetical to their reform efforts. Critics have called the proposed action antithetical to First Amendment principles. Reform is generally regarded as antithetical to revolution. Many Narnians see that this is ridiculous, given the antithetical nature of Aslan and Tash. This develops in an antithetical direction to the history of science in Europe. These were a collection of books by those who were antithetical to the emperors. And that's antithetical to most actors. Edwards (1997) describes her as "antithetical to the Roman male citizen".