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diametric
adjective
uk /ˌdaɪ.əˈmet.rɪk/ us /ˌdaɪ.əˈmet.rɪk/
If two people or ideas are diametric opposites, they are as different as possible. :
diametric oppositeWhen it comes to managing money, the couple are diametric opposites.
The whole appeal of the film is the diametric contrast between the two main characters.
Her performance is the diametric opposite of what you might expect.
She testified in court in diametric opposition to what she had said to her lawyer the previous day.
Journalists readily adopted the idea of "heroes" and "zeroes", further encouraging such diametric comparisons.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Opposites
antinome
antithesis
antithetical
antonymous
anything
countervailing force
diametrical
dichotomist
dichotomous
dichotomy
exactly
extreme
flip side
or otherwiseidiom
otherwise
polarity
pole
poles apartidiom
reverse
vice versa
Synonym
diametrical Related worddiametrically
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