polar
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈpoʊlər/
:
diametralmente opuesto
- Justice and mercy are complementary polar opposites; they temper one another, balancing one against the other.
- polar opposites
- polar extremes
- polar opposite position
fear is the effect. What is the polar opposite to doubt? Understanding
- fear is the effect. What is the polar opposite to doubt? Understanding
- That is like the polar opposite of how I work.
- What I see that is problematic, though, is the polar extremes.
- But he, he has this obsession with representing like the most extreme polar opposite of himself.
- And so sad to watch because he played literally the polar opposite of Tony Soprano and he was excellent.
- Chachi Bhati was sort of an accelerator for both camps in their ideology towards polar opposite extremes.
- Yes OK, so we've gone from ultra classy and grown up to probably the exact polar opposite.
- And that's where for me, I decided to go the polar opposite direction for a time and paid the price.
- But it's the polar opposite from separation.
- So again, the polar opposite of a swimmer, it's a very tuned stiffness.
Examples
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Chloe and Scott, polar opposites on the social spectrum, dining at Umberto's.
Fiction book (1999) -
It presents such a clear obstacle for you because it is the exact polar opposite of your attack style.
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That is like the polar opposite of how I work.
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- In other words, your polar opposite.
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But it's the polar opposite from separation.
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They did, basically, the polar opposite of what we did, and they lost seven guys in the first month.
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Other criticisms also turn out to be polar opposites of the traits of those model artists.
Academic text (1991) -
Humanities majors appeared to be the polar opposite, attending college for the sake of learning and self-discovery instead.
Academic text (2011) -
Two miles from the splendor of Sandton lies its polar opposite, the black township of Alexandra.
Academic text (1999) -
The two theories are at the polar opposite of each other in their approaches to solving the problem.
Synonyms
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1.0
Completely different in nature or direction
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7.9
Completely opposite in beliefs or views
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7.3
Completely opposite in feeling or opinion
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
One of the two numbers that show a point's distance from a fixed center and its angle
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4.6
A bright star called Polaris that sits almost above Earth's north pole and shows true north
- Specialized
A line where very cold air from the poles meets warmer air and causes storms
A clear contrast between two very different ends that shows points between them
- Specialized
A very small cell with little liquid that forms when an egg divides and that the body usually discards
A circle near Earth's poles where the sun stays above or below the horizon for one day
How Opposite
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Polar comes from a root meaning pole 'end' or 'point', like opposite ends of a line or a magnet. That's why polar can mean completely opposite — two things at different 'poles' of an idea or feeling.