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or diametrical
as in contradictory
being as different as possible
that husband and wife have seemingly diametric personalities, but somehow their marriage works
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Recent Examples of diametric
There is a war coming, and Iger’s and del Toro’s diametric comments only begin to hint at it.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Springsteen and Landau — played with precision and intensity by Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, respectively — went all in for the production and promotion of a film that’s the diametric opposition of jukebox musicals like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
But the less obvious stimuli for weeping can also be seen as the diametrical opposites of the things that make a joke funny.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Its diametrical opposite might be the epigraph, the upfront citation, not relegated to footnote or endnote and often in italics — a phenomenon no one could fail to observe.
—Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Since the advent of the Patrick Mahomes Era, the Chiefs are 15-3 in the postseason — a diametric contrast for a franchise that had won just one of its previous 12 playoff games and tormented its fan base into what might be called rational paranoia.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race, American voters now face an unusual choice between two candidates who are almost diametric opposites – people who are different in nearly every way.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
The British Academy's judgements are sometimes in agreement with those of the American Academy, and occasionally in diametric opposition — which is precisely their prismatic value as an Oscars handicapping tool.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
In Duchenne, new data bring a familiar debate This week’s news that Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy missed its main goal in a pivotal study has drawn diametric reactions.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Springsteen and Landau — played with precision and intensity by Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, respectively — went all in for the production and promotion of a film that’s the diametric opposition of jukebox musicals like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
But the less obvious stimuli for weeping can also be seen as the diametrical opposites of the things that make a joke funny.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Its diametrical opposite might be the epigraph, the upfront citation, not relegated to footnote or endnote and often in italics — a phenomenon no one could fail to observe.
—Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Since the advent of the Patrick Mahomes Era, the Chiefs are 15-3 in the postseason — a diametric contrast for a franchise that had won just one of its previous 12 playoff games and tormented its fan base into what might be called rational paranoia.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race, American voters now face an unusual choice between two candidates who are almost diametric opposites – people who are different in nearly every way.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
The British Academy's judgements are sometimes in agreement with those of the American Academy, and occasionally in diametric opposition — which is precisely their prismatic value as an Oscars handicapping tool.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
In Duchenne, new data bring a familiar debate This week’s news that Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy missed its main goal in a pivotal study has drawn diametric reactions.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diametric
Adjective
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Fosse, yet another complicated and contradictory man.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Limits on alcohol have been a subject of fierce debate, with two major reports issued at the end of the Biden administration offering contradictory advice.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Robots—and the people who build them—have the opposite problem.—
Dan Turello,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Today, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.—
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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As a result, students often actively reject contrary points of view.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Supernatural beliefs, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience have struck researchers as totally impervious to contrary evidence.—
Eli Elster,
The Conversation,
2 Dec. 2025
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“Diametric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diametric. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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