Definitions

polarity

[poh-ler-uh-tee, puh-] / poʊˈlɛr ə ti, pə- /

NOUN

opposition

Synonyms

STRONG

action antagonism antinomy antithesis aversion brush clash combat competition con conflict contention contest contradiction contradistinction contrariety contrariness counteraction counterattack defense defiance disapproval duel encounter engagement fray grapple hostility negativism prevention repugnance repulsion resistance rivalry skirmish strife struggle unfriendliness violation war warfare

WEAK

civil disobedience confronting contraposition obstructiveness opposure oppugnancy

Antonyms

STRONG

accord affection agreement approval calm friendliness friendship harmony kindness liking love obedience peace retreat submission surrender sympathy yielding

Example Sentences

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In the 1980s, a New Age health group called Alive Polarity bought the resort and operated it for several years as a vegetarian community free of alcohol, tobacco, television and telephones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Dancers clamored to learn her movement method, the Muller Polarity Technique.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Polarity in a molecule also is caused by charge asymmetry.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

No. 4, the 2015 Polarity from Heart & Hands in the Finger Lakes, was an oddball.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2018

The law of Polarity finds fulfilment in the complex and flowing lines of the draped figures contrasted with the simple parallelogram of the cloth-covered table, and the severe architecture of the room.

From The Beautiful Necessity Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture by Bragdon, Claude Fayette

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