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

There isn’t a Social Darwinist bone in his body, and Ayn Rand may very well be his ideological antipode.

From Salon • May 28, 2012

But the position of the secretary was the absolute antipode of this tranquil and festive sinecure.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various