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Polar opposite

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counterpolenounThe exact opposite.
antipodenounSomething directly opposite or diametrically opposed.
oppositenounA person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
antipolenoun(geography) The opposite pole.
perverseMorally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
notional opposite—
contrastnoun(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
contrariantContrary or antagonistic.
polaritynounThe separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
counternounOne who counts.
flip sidenounThe reverse, in contrast to the obverse.
antithesisnounA proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
counterpointnoun(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
contrarietynounOpposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
antonymnoun(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
binary antonymnoun(semantics) complementary antonym
contradictory antonymnoun(linguistics, philosophy, semantics) complementary antonym
flipsidenounThe reverse, in contrast to the obverse.
complementary antonymnoun(linguistics, philosophy, semantics) One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.
antipodicitynounThe condition of being antipodic

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