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Meaning of polar opposite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The complete opposite, opposite in every way.

Equivalents

日本語 対極

Examples

Rusticity and Urbanity are polar oppositesand there lie between many million modes of Manners.”
Buddhism, which regards all existence as no more than illusion, and the philosophy of existence, which regards existence as real behind the illusion of becoming, are, so to speak, polar opposites.”
“[S]he is the prim, androgynous-sounding twin. . . . Her polar opposite, Abigail is the plump, lusty twin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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