polarity
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- noun
- /pəˈlærɪti/
:
polaridad
- And yet those times when you have that, you see greater and greater polarity in politics.
- two polarities
- such polarities
- traditional polarities
And we have this interesting polarity between the two of them, don't we?
- And we have this interesting polarity between the two of them, don't we?
- Here, of course, our polarities, our wealth and state power.
- Faith to me, like the two polarities, is the day-to-day practices and the map.
- And yet those times when you have that, you see greater and greater polarity in politics.
- So nature knows that we continuously straddle these two polarities.
- But if a man is setting the tone and leading creating polarity, he never has to push a woman for sex.
- Maybe these extreme polarities disappear with education, disappear with change.
- We're also having this sort of alchemization of extreme polarities between you and me, how completely different we are.
- If you're wanting to, to, to build a legacy and move the relationship forward, there has to be polarity.
- And so of course there's all this polarization and, and the right and the left and all of the, you know, the struggle of the polarity.
- And in a time right now of extremes and severe polarity, it's so easy to default into survival and take for yourself.
- But for right now we have this polarity of the pure thing, right?
- This is happening on both polarities of the spectrum.
- This issue was a polarity, well, lack thereof I should say.
- But in between, you know, that polarity, there's a whole spectrum of addictive.
- So, so both, I, what I say is that both, for all three, both polarities can't contribute to, to high performance.
Examples
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Wisdom in the world is a force that occurs in the polarity of wisdom and error.
Academic text (1992) -
In racially stratified societies, democratic development is affected profoundly by traditional polarities of thought.
Academic text (1998) -
But there is another, more important polarity hidden within this account: that between the Stranger and the Friend.
Academic text (1999) -
In the human realm, there also must be a polarity of justice and mercy, law and love.
Academic text (1995) -
The Chinese sages seem to have recognized the basic polarity that is characteristic of living systems.
Academic text (1993) -
With the increase in polarity, for example, the number of dyads and alliance permutations will also increase.
Academic text (1991) -
If this family contained only these two polarities, these two conflicting partners, the system would ultimately collapse.
Academic text (1997) -
Through the ages, Christians have had difficulty articulating and experiencing this ideal polarity of divine immanence and transcendence.
Academic text (1993) -
In a discussion about climate change, the polarity between those who accept scientific evidence and those who deny it has become increasingly pronounced.
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The polarity in the debate over healthcare reform often highlights the contrasting views of socialism and capitalism.
Synonyms
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A clear difference between two opposite ideas, for example good and bad
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People or groups split into two opposing sides and cannot agree
A situation that shows two opposite qualities
A state where two things are completely different, like day and night
A situation where two ideas, groups, or feelings are against each other
How Polarized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Polarity comes from the root pole, which means 'end' like the Earth's north and south, so it gives the image of two opposite sides. So the polarity of hope and despair is the presence of two opposite tendencies.