Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or along a diameter.
- adjective Exactly opposite; contrary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a diameter; along a diameter; diametral.
- Pertaining to the extremities, as if of a diametrical line; extreme in degree; absolute; utmost: as, their characters are diametrical opposites.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
diagonal - adjective Completely
opposed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- adjective related to or along a diameter
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Examples
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By continuing to give our political support to an administration whose actions have demonstrated a diametrical * opposition* to that “narrative”?
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Syria is almost the diametrical opposite of all that.
Dr. Josef Olmert: Arab Spring: R.I.P.? Dr. Josef Olmert 2011
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These ideologically diametrical right and left poles of Pakistani politics are held together only one common trait: their common elitist nihilism.
Syed Yahya Hussainy: Sometimes Madness Is Just Madness Syed Yahya Hussainy 2010
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By continuing to give our political support to an administration whose actions have demonstrated a diametrical * opposition* to that “narrative”?
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The Sextons dub this syndrome "conspicuous conservation," which is directly diametrical to "conspicuous consumption" -- our current materialistic cultural orientation that contributes mightily to the unsustainable exploitation of the earth's natural resources.
Edward Flattau: Conspicuous Conservation Edward Flattau 2012
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Syria is almost the diametrical opposite of all that.
Dr. Josef Olmert: Arab Spring: R.I.P.? Dr. Josef Olmert 2011
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These ideologically diametrical right and left poles of Pakistani politics are held together only one common trait: their common elitist nihilism.
Syed Yahya Hussainy: Sometimes Madness Is Just Madness Syed Yahya Hussainy 2010
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Syria is almost the diametrical opposite of all that.
Dr. Josef Olmert: Arab Spring: R.I.P.? Dr. Josef Olmert 2011
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The impulse for any composer who uses minimalism as a style today – whether you're Thom Yorke or Nico Muhly – is the diametrical opposite of what Reich and Riley were up to half a century ago.
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But Cameroni concludes that since the stimulus efforts have failed to put needed money back into the money supply, the stimulus program should be abandoned in favor of its diametrical opposite -- belt-tightening austerity.
Ellen Brown: Deficit Terrorists Strike in the United Kingdom: United States of America Next? 2010
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