as in converse
formal + technical
something that is formed by inverting something else
the inverse of your argument
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Recent Examples of inverse
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
The chart above is showing you that the stock is now emerging from an inverse head and shoulders.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Such organisms would constitute living systems that are functionally equivalent to natural life but composed of molecules that are the complete chiral inverse of every living entity on Earth.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
The chart above is showing you that the stock is now emerging from an inverse head and shoulders.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The inverse of semantic satiation, the proliferation of ordinary objects and body parts implies a pattern, and thus a potential meaning, which nevertheless remains unelaborated.
—Elizabeth Mangini, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Such organisms would constitute living systems that are functionally equivalent to natural life but composed of molecules that are the complete chiral inverse of every living entity on Earth.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inverse
Noun
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My and my colleagues’ research into the ways brain activity across people aligns or diverges as they converse suggests that seeking to persuade may not be the most fruitful way to approach a conversation.—
Emily Falk,
Scientific American,
25 Sep. 2025
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some of the latest diffuser technology, introduced by Dyson in the brand’s Supersonic Nural hair dryer last year, features a reverse airflow setting that draws hair into the diffuser’s bowl to stretch and dry curls or dry waves for effortless, French girl-style ‘dos.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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An investigation into Alexander Donahoe, a teacher at Jere Baxter Middle School, was launched in March after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported a computer with an IP address in Nashville was being used to conduct reverse image searches.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In fact, actually the opposite.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The two women, however, are polar opposites.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The counter north of Banks recorded 6,251 vehicles per day in July 2010 and 8,186 in July 2024.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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When the Washington Examiner asked whether the State Department would approve such counter-terrorism sanctions against international antifa, a spokesperson said the agency does not preview potential FTO designations.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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The context seemed to offer proof of William Blake’s adage: Without contraries is no progression.—
Barry Schwabsky,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2024
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Anyone still out on new ownership is just a contrary a this point.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
29 July 2024
Adjective
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Crowe will play a swordsman who mentors Cavill's Highlander, and Bautista will play an antagonistic immortal known as The Kurgen, while Gillan will star as Connor's very mortal wife.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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In my imagination, the energy of the people and the land whose nonconsensual labor fuels AI are asserting agency as an antagonistic force against the very people and companies that enable their exploitation.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Design Details: The obverse showcases Adolph A. Weinman's depiction of Liberty, while the reverse features an eagle landing with an oak branch, designed by Emily Damstra and sculpted by Michael Gaudioso, USA Today reported.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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On the watch’s obverse, a teal blue dial in grand feu enamel presents a dynamic barley-seed pattern that requires 12 hours of meticulous hand-work to create.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Inverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverse. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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