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POLAR OPPOSITION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polar opposition mean?
• POLAR OPPOSITION (noun)
The noun POLAR OPPOSITION has 1 sense:
1. an opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles
Familiarity information: POLAR OPPOSITION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("polar opposition" is a kind of...):
gradable opposition (an opposition that is capable of being graded)
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