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diametric

diametric

1 7.9
Completely opposite in beliefs or views
  • adjective
  • /ˌdaɪəˈmɛtrɪk/
translation icon : diametral
  • And so this story goes up on the world's single biggest English language news site, which is, which is diametric opposite of the truth.
  • diametric opposite
  • diametric opposition

If there's anything that's the diametric opposite of a book recommendation, I am giving that to you right now.

Examples

  • Orpheus is no mere complement to Amphion: the one stands in diametric opposition to the other.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In diametric contrast to these famous words, transhumanism in its ideological and political core aims to overcome the precariousness of human existence, including human aging and death at its very center.

    Academic text (2017)

  • This is kind of in diametric opposition to what I once thought I was going to do with my life.

    Blog text (21)

  • That makes it the diametric opposite of 1984.

    Blog text (25)

  • The two are very nearly diametric opposites.

    Blog text (30)

  • If there's anything that's the diametric opposite of a book recommendation, I am giving that to you right now.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • After a long movie where ideas such as faith and reason are put in diametric opposition, Zemeckis finally seems to be saying, "Take a leap of faith and make up your own minds."

    Blog text (15)

  • During the early 1980s, the Reagan buildup and the nuclear-freeze peace movement offered diametric visions and alternatives for American defense policy.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Below are quotes from Ayn Rand that seem at diametric odds with many of Ryan's and the GOP's stances:

    Blog text (5)

  • The two political parties have diametric views on how to solve the economic crisis.

Synonyms

opposite
vsdiametric
245 1.0

Completely different in nature or direction

applies to cases at exact contrary extremes rather than general difference
polar
vsdiametric
26 4.4

Completely opposite in opinion or action

stresses being at exact contrary extremes rather than across a whole spectrum
diametrical
vsdiametric
1 7.3

Completely opposite in feeling or opinion

is the alternate word form used for the same meaning

Antonyms

similar
∞ 1.0

Having some of the same qualities as another person or thing but not exactly the same

How Opposed

diametric
1 7.9
contradictory
  • Specialized
8.2
conflicting
7 4.2
opposed
1 3.5
different
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

diametric positive

Morphology

diametric = diameter (semi-transparent) = diameter + ic

The sense is a figurative extension from the geometric sense (opposite ends of a diameter) to 'opposite extremes', which is inferable but metaphorical.

Etymology

Diametric uses the image of the two ends of a diameter, points on opposite sides of a circle, so it also came to mean 'completely opposed' or at 'opposite extremes'.