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polar opposite

polar opposite noun: the complete opposite, opposite in every way.

Noun

polar opposite (plural polar opposites)

  1. The complete opposite, opposite in every way.
    • Rusticity and Urbanity are polar opposites—and there lie between many million modes of Manners.1832 June, Allan Cunningham, "The Maid of Elvar," Blackwoods Magazine, p. 998 (Google preview)
    • Buddhism, which regards all existence as no more than illusion, and the philosophy of existence, which regards existence as real behind the illusion of becoming, are, so to speak, polar opposites.1960, Hellmut Wilhelm, Richard Wilhelm, Understanding the I Ching, →ISBN, page 154

Forms of polar opposite

pluralpolar opposites

Questions about polar opposite

What does polar opposite mean?
Polar opposite means the complete opposite, opposite in every way.
What part of speech is polar opposite?
Polar opposite is a noun.
What is the plural of polar opposite?
The plural of polar opposite is polar opposites.

Words near polar opposite in the dictionary

  1. polar mesospheric cloud
  2. polar moment of inertia
  3. polar moments of inertia
  4. polar night
  5. polar nights
  6. polar opposite
  7. polar opposites
  8. polar question
  9. polar questions
  10. polar star
  11. polar stars

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