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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Noun
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Nominees for foundation’s the Noble Prize include Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail in 2014 for his democracy campaign, but managed to escape the country disguised as an electrician in 2020 while under house arrest.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026 -
But the measure stalled in the state Senate, facing opposition from real estate agents and the California Apartment Association.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The polarity change can be detected in iron-rich minerals.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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Others concern the conventions of painting itself (such as the formal polarities flatness/perspective and abstraction/figuration) or the genres of the medium.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Oppositeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppositeness. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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