antipode
a direct or exact opposite.
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How to use antipode in a sentence
He is our young Quaker antipode, mentioned in another chapter.
The Funny Side of Physic | A. D. CrabtreIt does not, however, attain the dimensions of its antipode, rarely exceeding those of a large shrub.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry GosseOh, that's his antipode, of courteous race, The man of bows and ever-smiling face.
The Sylphs of the Season with Other Poems | Washington AllstonBut the position of the secretary was the absolute antipode of this tranquil and festive sinecure.
Would not this science be the antipode (some would say antidote) of the mystic dreams of Plato and of Delsarte himself?
Delsarte System of Oratory | Various
British Dictionary definitions for antipode
/ (ˈæntɪpəʊd) /
the exact or direct opposite
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