as in opposition
the quality or state of being as different as possible
the complete oppositeness of the two principal meanings of the word "handicap"
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There was already some opposition from aldermen who questioned the department's funding.
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The Gulf States have been outspoken about their opposition to the charging of tolls.
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Next, there’s Fernet Branca, similar in intensity to Green Chartreuse but with an opposite polarity.
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One key to Bad Mary’s persistence in the American mind can be found in the temperamental polarity that first drew Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln to each other.
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“Oppositeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppositeness. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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