as in contraries
something that is as different as possible from something else
no matter what I say, you insist on the opposite
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Recent Examples of opposites
The study also highlighted that self-love and narcissism are opposites.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
After the two schools were not invited to join the Big 12 in 1996, the state of the programs became polar opposites.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
The show focuses on teaching pre-school children the concept of opposites through the misadventures of two fish best friends (one is red and the other is blue, of course).
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Automation and collaboration are not opposites, and are frequently packaged together.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
The Island tells the story of two polar opposites — a successful alpha businesswoman and a hopelessly dedicated male high school teacher, who are the sole survivors of a plane crash on a deserted island and must rely on each other to stay alive.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Or do Oyeyemi’s words inevitably breed their own opposites, spinning fictions in which nothing is reliably true or false?
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
And that these two attractive opposites will get married?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
The concepts of history and modern might seem to be opposites, but the La Jolla Historical Society has managed to blend the two with its La Jolla Modernism & Architecture Week.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
After the two schools were not invited to join the Big 12 in 1996, the state of the programs became polar opposites.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
The show focuses on teaching pre-school children the concept of opposites through the misadventures of two fish best friends (one is red and the other is blue, of course).
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Automation and collaboration are not opposites, and are frequently packaged together.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
The Island tells the story of two polar opposites — a successful alpha businesswoman and a hopelessly dedicated male high school teacher, who are the sole survivors of a plane crash on a deserted island and must rely on each other to stay alive.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Or do Oyeyemi’s words inevitably breed their own opposites, spinning fictions in which nothing is reliably true or false?
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
And that these two attractive opposites will get married?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
The concepts of history and modern might seem to be opposites, but the La Jolla Historical Society has managed to blend the two with its La Jolla Modernism & Architecture Week.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Opposites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposites. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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