polar opposite

collocation in English

meaningsofpolarandopposite

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polar
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.lər/us
/ˈpoʊ.lɚ/
relating to the North or South Pole or the areas ...
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opposite
noun[C often singular]
uk
/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/us
/ˈɑː.pə.zɪt/
something or someone that is completely different from another person ...
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(Definition ofpolarandoppositefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepolaroppositesituation is one in which the transition follows a more abrupt break with the authoritarian order.
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The policy issues were at thepolaroppositeof fine-tuning.
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One option is of reciprocal inhibition of polar opposites, whereby when one mood is dominant, itspolaroppositeis suppressed, but can later be released.
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Thus, mania is seen not as thepolaroppositeof depression, but rather akin to it cognitively.
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Cognitive style in hypomania represents a phase between remission and depression rather than thepolaroppositeof depression.
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The data on self-esteem and dysfunctional attitudes may also provide a further challenge to the conventional view that mania is thepolaroppositeof depression.
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Just 25 years later, in the mid-1970s, perceptions were almost thepolaropposite.
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The policy should be thepolaroppositeof this.
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Thepolaroppositeis apparent from the comments of some newspapers and political parties, which argue that an increase in spending is not real even when it is manifestly genuine.
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The dresses were extravagant and lavish, apolaroppositeof the modest and utilitarian styles worn during the war.
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It is billed as the world's first self-hurt guide, thepolaroppositeof a self-help guide.
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Even the exchange of the trophy between the teams after one wins it from the other is apolaropposite.
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In geology sedimentation is often used as thepolaroppositeof erosion, i.e., the terminal end of sediment transport.
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The results were thepolaroppositeof expectations.
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Thepolaroppositeof his shadow, whom is shown to be very cruel and deceiving.
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He is thepolaroppositeof his sister.
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Despite the rocky start the trophy had in the 1950s, the trophy lasted despite thepolaroppositefeelings towards it from both universities.
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