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counterpoles

counterpoles is the plural of counterpole.

Meaning of counterpole

Noun

counterpole (plural counterpoles)

  1. The exact opposite.
    • It is enough to say, that it [German prose] offers the counterpole to the French style.1840, Thomas De Quincey, “Style”, in Critical Suggestions on Style and Rhetoric with German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XI), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1859...
    Synonyms:
    polar opposite

Questions about counterpoles

What is counterpoles the plural of?
Counterpoles is the plural of counterpole.

Words near counterpoles in the dictionary

  1. counterpolarize
  2. counterpolarized
  3. counterpolarizes
  4. counterpolarizing
  5. counterpole
  6. counterpoles
  7. counterpolice
  8. counterpolicies
  9. counterpolicy
  10. counterpolitical
  11. counterpolitics

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