Meaning | The relation between opposed entities. |
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Synonym | opposition |
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Narrower | antagonism | The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors |
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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 |
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Spanish | oposición |
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Catalan | oposició |
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Adjectives | opposite | characterized by opposite extremes / extremes |
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opposite | altogether different in nature or quality or significance |