antipode
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an·ti·pode
(ăn′tĭ-pōd′)n.
1. A direct or diametrical opposite.
2. One of a pair of antipodes.
[Back-formation from antipodes.]
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antipode
(ˈæntɪpəʊd)n
the exact or direct opposite
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an•ti•pode
(ˈæn tɪˌpoʊd)n.
a direct or exact opposite.
[1540–50; back formation from antipodes]
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Noun | 1. | antipode - direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness" oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities |
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antipode
nounThat which is diametrically opposed to another:
Logic: contradictory, contrapositive.
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