antipode
- a direct or exact opposite.
Origin of antipode
antipodes
- places diametrically opposite each other on the globe.
- those who dwell there.
Origin of antipodes
Examples from the Web for antipode
Historical Examples
Self-reverence is the antipode of self-conceit, of selfishness.
The Soul of a PeopleH. Fielding
It is the antipode to the hand of those who have large, lovable natures.
The World I Live InHelen Keller
This is just his antipode, who, having all things, yet has nothing.
EssaysAbraham Cowley
As I understand it, spiritualism is the antipode of Christian Science.
Retrospection and IntrospectionMary Baker Eddy
Mortal man is the antipode of immortal man, and the two should not be confounded.
No and YesMary Baker Eddy
antipode
- the exact or direct opposite
antipodes
- either or both of two points, places, or regions that are situated diametrically opposite to one another on the earth's surface, esp the country or region opposite one's own
- the people who live there
- the antipodes (often capital) Australia and New Zealand
- (sometimes functioning as singular) the exact or direct opposite
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for antipode
antipodes
n.
late 14c., "persons who dwell on the opposite side of the globe;" 1540s as "place on the opposite side of the earth," from Latin antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Greek antipodes, plural of antipous "with feet opposite (ours)," from anti- "opposite" (see anti-) + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)); thus, people who live on the opposite side of the world.
Yonde in Ethiopia ben the Antipodes, men that haue theyr fete ayenst our fete. ["De Proprietatibus Rerum Bartholomeus Anglicus," translated by John of Trevisa, 1398]
Not to be confused with antiscii "those who live on the same meridian on opposite side of the equator," whose shadows fall at noon in the opposite direction, from Greek anti- + skia "shadow." Related: Antipodal (adj.); antipodean (1630s, n.; 1650s, adj.).
antipodes
- Two places on directly opposite sides of the Earth, such as the North Pole and the South Pole.
antipodes
Two places on the globe that are exactly opposite each other; for example, the North Pole and South Pole.