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Antipodal   /æntˈɪpədəl/   Listen
Antipodal

noun
1.
The relation of opposition along a diameter.  Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition.






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"Antipodal" Quotes from Famous Books



... chivalrously done battle for his gray-haired sire. We speak deliberately when asserting that George Brown's position in the country is at this moment immeasurably higher than it ever previously has been. And though our political creed be diametrically antipodal to his own, we shall ever hail him as a credit to the land ...
— George Brown • John Lewis

... even from the days of Ivan the Terrible, has been of this spiritual unity, and it may be remembered that it was always from "beyond the Alps" that Dante looked for the Liberator. Who knows? The great surging antipodal tides of life lash one another into foam. Out of chaos stars are born. And it may be the madness of a dream even so much as to speak of "unity" while creation seethes and hisses in its terrible vortex. Mockingly laugh the imps of irony, while the Saints keep their vigil. ...
— Visions and Revisions - A Book of Literary Devotions • John Cowper Powys



Words linked to "Antipodal" :   antipodes, diametrical opposition, antipodal opposition, opposition, antipodean



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