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Native Script:प्रतिपाद
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pratipad
"यह दोनों विचार एक-दूसरे के विपरीत हैं।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The direct opposite of something, or a place on the exact opposite side of the earth.
"New Zealand is roughly the geographical antipode of parts of Spain and the United Kingdom." - 2
Either of two distinct or contrasting things that are exact contraries of each other.
"Their political ideologies were the antipodes of one another, leaving little room for compromise."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek antipodes, meaning 'with the feet opposite,' composed of anti ('against, opposite') and pous ('foot'). Entering Middle English via Latin in the 15th century, the term originally referred to inhabitants of opposite sides of the earth whose feet were diametrically facing one another before expanding geographically to mean the exact opposite place or thing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Antipode" is said worldwide
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antipode
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.ti.pɔd/
"L'Australie est l'antipode de l'Europe occidentale."
Antipode
Transliteration: /antiˈpoːdə/
"Diese beiden Weltanschauungen sind völlige Antipoden."
antipodo
Transliteration: /anˈti.pɔ.do/
"Le due culture sono agli antipodi."
antípoda
Transliteration: /anˈti.po.da/
"Nueva Zelanda es la antípoda de España."
antípoda
Transliteration: /ɐ̃ˈtʃi.po.dɐ/
"As ideias deles estão nos antípodas uma da outra."
प्रतिpod
Transliteration: pratipad
Script: प्रतिपाद
"यह दोनों विचार एक-दूसरे के विपरीत हैं।"
对极
Transliteration: duìjí
"这两个概念完全是对立的。"
대척점
Transliteration: daecheokjeom
"두 문화는 서로 대척점에 위치해 있다."
対極
Transliteration: taikyoku
"その二つの意見は完全に対極にある。"
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