From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpolar opposite/extremepolar opposite/extremeOPPOSITE/REVERSEsomething that is the complete or exact opposite of something else Ortega’s cheerful landscapes are the polar opposites of Miller’s dark, troubled portraits. → polar
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polar opposite/extreme• CertainIV it should not accommodate its polar opposite.• In fact the two strains-puritanism and pentecostalism-seem in some way to be nearly polar opposites.• Eikmeyer's fundamental insight is that co-operation and non-co-operation are not simply polar opposites along a scale.• Strickland was their polar opposite -- an irresponsible teammate and anti-leader.• However, the life-cycle savings model is the polar opposite case from pure classical savings.• No such inhibitions stunt the growth of the rag trade at the polar opposite point from the basking Sloanes.• When you bring together two polar opposites, the classless one will always drag the other one down.• The Mark Hateley of suit and silk tie is a polar opposite to the Mark Hateley of shorts and bootlaces. 