antipode

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At campaign stops, Democratic Sen. Raphael G. Warnock often reminds his Georgia constituents of the time he joined forces with his ideological antipode, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

But such impact-driven volcanism typically occurs on the opposite side of the moon or planet from the impact point, a spot called the antipode.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2021

The rise of digital diplomacy and its antipode, disinformation and propaganda, is a challenge to traditional diplomatic statecraft.

From US News • Aug. 30, 2016

Otis’ erstwhile partner took the twenty-seven thousand dollars that Otis used to buy him out and started the Los Angeles Tribune, a newspaper that seemed to exist strictly as an antipode to Otis’ Times.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2016

At his feet I noticed, when I unhooked my eyes from his at last, sat a girl in a loose coral pink gown who was his very antipode.

From Gulliver of Mars by Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden