| NOUN | relation | oppositeness, opposition | the relation between opposed entities |
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| Meaning | The relation between opposed entities. | |
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| Synonym | opposition | |
| Narrower | antagonism | The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors |
| antipode | direct opposite | |
| antithesis | exact opposite | |
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) | |
| contradiction | opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas | |
| contradictoriness | The relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist | |
| contrariety | The relation between contraries | |
| contrary | exact opposition | |
| contrast, direct contrast | The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared | |
| flip side | A different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect) | |
| gradable opposition | An opposition that is capable of being graded | |
| inverse, opposite | Something inverted in sequence or character or effect | |
| mutual opposition, polarity | A relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | |
| polarity, sign | Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | |
| reverse, contrary, opposite | A relation of direct opposition | |
| tertium quid | Some third thing similar to two opposites but distinct from both | |
| ungradable opposition | An opposition that has no intermediate grade | |
| Broader | relation | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
| Spanish | oposición | |
| Catalan | oposició | |
| Adjectives | opposite | characterized by opposite extremes / extremes |
| opposite | altogether different in nature or quality or significance | |
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