as in contradictory
being as different as possible
love is antipodal to hate
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Recent Examples of antipodal
The requirements call for at least 18,000 miles of bicycling and for riders to cross two antipodal points — in Wilcox's case, Madrid, Spain, and Wellington, New Zealand.
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Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
These two antipodal scenarios hold distinct implications for where Io’s volcanism ultimately emerges on the moon’s surface.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
But the realities of the stage did not match the ideals of his imagination until his encounter with the work of the man who, by any other standards, would have seemed his antipodal foil.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Morris intervenes both too little and too much, but the movie somehow still hits a sweet spot in the happy medium of those antipodal failings.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
As a leader, Hankin was antipodal to Schulman in almost every respect.
—Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2013
That leaves us with just the upper semicircle and two antipodal points — one at each end of the semicircle.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
There’s a South Dip Pole, too, but the North Dip Pole doesn’t have to be antipodal, or diametrically opposed, to it.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
If conservatives/liberals are less ignorant, but one of the two is more ignorant, then the result will be that ignorance may correlate with one of the two antipodal viewpoints, even though moderates are the most ignorant.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2011
Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
These two antipodal scenarios hold distinct implications for where Io’s volcanism ultimately emerges on the moon’s surface.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
But the realities of the stage did not match the ideals of his imagination until his encounter with the work of the man who, by any other standards, would have seemed his antipodal foil.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Morris intervenes both too little and too much, but the movie somehow still hits a sweet spot in the happy medium of those antipodal failings.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
As a leader, Hankin was antipodal to Schulman in almost every respect.
—Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2013
That leaves us with just the upper semicircle and two antipodal points — one at each end of the semicircle.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
There’s a South Dip Pole, too, but the North Dip Pole doesn’t have to be antipodal, or diametrically opposed, to it.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
If conservatives/liberals are less ignorant, but one of the two is more ignorant, then the result will be that ignorance may correlate with one of the two antipodal viewpoints, even though moderates are the most ignorant.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antipodal
Adjective
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Balancing these seemingly contradictory demands requires a paradigm shift: one that doesn’t view technology and humanity as mutually exclusive, but rather as complementary forces that can amplify each other.—
Swati Deepak Kumar,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Combs’ team has been able to put on much of their case during cross-examination of the government’s nearly three dozen witnesses, grilling them about alleged inconsistencies in their testimony or seemingly contradictory statements.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Notably, the party opposite to whomever is currently in the White House has a history of winning the Virginia governor's mansion and the right to serve a single non-consecutive term.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.—
Ganesh Rao,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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“Antipodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipodal. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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